VI CONTENTS. 



Book Sixth. The Fanner and Questions of the Day. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. The Farmer and the Tariff 294 



II. The Farmer and Export Bounties 31 o 



III. The Farmer and the Single Tax 324 



IV. The Farmer and the Currency 342 



V. The Farmer and the Labor Question 384 



VI. The Farmer and the Trusts 39() 



VII. The Farmer and the Referendum 413 



VIII. The Farmer and Socialism 422 



Book Seventh. The Cooperative Fruit Marketing Societies of 

 California. 



I. Their Character and Objects 434 



II. Conditions Leading to Their Organization .... 442 



III. The California Fruit Union 452 



IV, The California Raisin Association 458 



V. The Dried Fruit and Nut Associations 470 



VI. The California Fruit Exchange ........ 489 



VII. The Citrus Exchanges . 505 



VIII. The Wine-Makers' Corporation 517 



APPENDIX 



A. Morrill & Hatch Acts 533 



B» Curriculum of Dairy Schools and Short Aijricultural 



Courses • • • '^"^^ 



C. New York Agricultural Education Extension Law 



and Helps to Teachers 553 



r I. How TO Get United States and State Docu- 



D,j mp:nts 5(51 



( II. A Few Books of Interest to Farmers .... 5G() 



C I. Statistics Relating to Banks 576 



E, ^ CI. Decisions of U. S. Interstate Com. Commissions 580 



(ll. ^ 2. Extracts FROM Report OF Inters' E Com. Com's 598 



3. Statistics of Railroads in United States . . 599 



F, 



I. Cooperation among Farmers 602 



II. Cooperation among Others Than Farmers . . . 605 



^ I I. Statlstics Relating to Curhehcy QuiiiTiONS . . 610 



I 11. List of Trusts 648 



Indkx 651 



