CHAPTER 26

PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

REFERENCES.

_Carver, T. N._, Selected readings in rural economics. 1916.

_Coulter, J. L._, Marketing of agricultural lands in Minnesota and North Dakota. A. E. Rev., 2: 282-301. 1912.

_Goldenweiser, E. A._, The farmer's income. A. E. Rev., 6: 42-48. 1916.

_Huebner, G. G._, Agricultural commerce: the organization of American commerce in agricultural commodities. 1915.

_International Institute of Agricultural Statistics Year Book._ Monographs on agricultural coöperation in various countries. 1916.

_Kemmerer, E. W._, Agricultural credit in the United States. A. E. Rev., 2: 852-872.

*_Materials_, 407, 408, 409.

_Metcalf, R._, and _Black, C. G._, Rural credit coöperation, and agricultural organization in Europe. 1915.

_Olmsted, V. H._, The purchasing power of farm products. United States Dept. of Agric., Report, 1912.

*_Phillips_, ch. XXVII. On agricultural credit.

_Powell, F. W._, Coöperative marketing of California fresh fruit. Q. J. E., 24: 392-418. 1909-1910.

_Putnam, G. E._, Agricultural credit legislation and the tenancy problem. A. E. Rev., 5: 805-815. 1915.

_Putnam, G. E._, Farm credit in Kansas. Ibid., 27-37. 1915.

_Putnam, G. E._, The federal rural credit bill. Ibid., 6: 770-789. 1916.

_Shaw, A. W._, Some problems in market distribution. Q. J. E., 26: 703-765. 1911-1912.

*_Source Book_, 34-47, 48-57, 75-80, 81-90.

_Warren, G. F._, Farm management. 1913. (Treats primarily the problem of the individual farm, but also many of the broader economic questions.)

_Weld, L. D. H._, The marketing of farm products. 1916.

QUESTIONS.

1. Why has the corporate form of business organizations not been as extensively introduced into the farming industry as into other industries?

2. Discuss the following statements quoted from an article on the Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916. "There was no necessity for any kind of federal legislation affecting the land credit problem of land-owners.... There is, however, the more pressing problem ... of making the conditions of country life more attractive to the _younger_ generation of farmers. In accomplishing this end some form of land purchase legislation is needed." Amer. Econ. Rev., 6: 789. 1916.

3. How do urban and rural districts differ in their preference for and use of different kinds of bank credit?