American Journal of Agricultural Economics

1919 - 2019

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Volume 22, issue 4, 1940

Price Analyses, Wars, and Depressions pp. 673-679

Mordecai Ezekiel

War-Time Price Control in the United Kingdom pp. 680-690

J. H. Richter-Altschaffer

Democratic Telesis and County Agricultural Planning pp. 691-700

Bryce Ryan

Crop-Yield Index Numbers pp. 701-713

E. J. Working

The British Program for Farm Labor — as A Contribution to American Thinking on the Subject pp. 714-728

M. R. Benedict

Contributions of Soil Science and Agronomy to Rural Land Classification pp. 729-739

Charles E. Kellogg

Contribution of Cooperation to the Problem of Distribution pp. 740-752

W. E. Paulson

Procedures Which Increase the Usefulness of Farm Management Research pp. 753-761

Wylie D. Goodsell, Raymond J. Jessen and Walter W. Wilcox

The Student With an Urban Background and Agricultural Economics pp. 762-765

Harry Schwartz

A Check on A Multiple Correlation Result pp. 766-768

Mordecai Ezekiel

Comparison of Results of Two Methods of Analysis pp. 769-772

Einar Jensen

Role of Soil Depletion in Land Valuation pp. 773-776

J. J. Livers and G. H. Craig

Relative Importance of Changes in Demand and Quantity on Producer Revenues pp. 776-779

Harlow W. Halvorson and Warren C. Waite

Land Economics, Richard T. Ely and George S. Wehrwein. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1940. Pp. 512. $4.00 pp. 783-787

M. R. Benedict

Productivity, Wages, and National Income, Spurgeon Bell. The Brookings Institution, Washington, D. C., 1940. Pp. xii+344. $3.00 pp. 787-789

Sidney Hoos

Why Farmers Are Poor, Anna Rochester. New York, International Publishers, 1940. Pp. 317. $2.75 pp. 789-791

Paul A. Baran

World Wheat Planning and Economic Planning in General, Paul de Hevesy. London, Oxford University Press, 1939. Pp. xiv+907. $12.00 pp. 791-794

O. B. Jesness

The Control of Competition in Canada, Lloyd G. Reynolds. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1940. Pp. xiv+324. $3.50 pp. 794-796

George Stigler

Supply Responses in Milk Production in the Cabot-Marshfield Area of Vermont, R. H. Allen, Erling Hole, and R. L. Mighell. U. S. Dept. of Agri., Technical Bulletin No. 709, 1940. Pp. 60 pp. 796-799

John A. Hopkins

Legal Aspects of Farm Tenancy in Illinois, H. W. Hannah and Joseph Ackerman. Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station Bul. 465, 1940. Pp. 239–273 pp. 799-800

Marshall Harris

The Variate Difference Method, Gerhard Tinter. Cowles Commission for Research in Economics, Bloomington, Indiana, Principia Press, 1940. Pp. xiii+175. $2.50 pp. 800-801

Mordecai Ezekiel

The Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Markets of New York City, William C. Crow, W. T. Calhoun, and J. W. Park. U. S. Bureau of Agri. Econ. and Agri. Marketing Service, Washington, D. C., 1940. Pp. 123. $0.25 pp. 802-804

R. G. Bressler and D. O. Hammerberg

Milk Distribution as a Public Utility, W. P. Mortenson. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Pp. xviii+221. $2.50 pp. 805

J. M. Cowden

Whale Oil: An Economic Analysis, Karl Brandt. Food Research Institute, Stanford University, California, 1940. Pp. xii+264. $3.00 pp. 806-807

Robert M. Walsh

Product Standards and Labeling for Consumers, Alice L. Edwards. New York, Ronald Press, 1940. Pp. 134. $2.50 pp. 806

Alison Comish Thorne

Tobacco: A Study of Its Consumption in the United States, Jack J. Gottsegen. New York, Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1940. Pp. xxix+279. $3.75 pp. 808-809

E. L. Jackson

Agricultural Economics 1913–1938, Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Oxford, England. Oxford University Press. Pp. 79, 2/6 pp. 809-810

M. R. Benedict

Order and Possibility in Social Life, Douglas G. Haring and Mary E. Johnson. New York: Richard R. Smith Press, 1940. Pp. xii+ 772. $5.00 pp. 810-811

Judson T. Landis

The Diary of Alexander James McPhail, Edited by Harold A. Innis. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1940. Pp. 289. $2.50 pp. 811-814

Harald S. Patton

Population Trends and Adjustments in Arkansas, Wm. H. Metzler. Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 388, 1940. Pp. 59 pp. 814-815

Dorothy Swaine Thomas

Rural Regions of the United States, A. R. Mangus. Work Projects Administration, Division of Research, 1940. Pp. 230 pp. 815-816

N. L. Whetten

Suye Mura: a Japanese Village, John F. Embree. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1939. Pp. xxviii+354. $3.00 and St. Denis: a French-Canadian Parish, Horace Miner. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1939. Pp. xx+283. $3.00 pp. 816-817

C. Arnold Anderson

George Martin Peterson 1897–1940 pp. 827-828

J.M.t

Frederick Pattison Weaver 1882–1940 pp. 829

F.F.L.

Volume 22, issue 3, 1940

Time Preference and Conservation pp. 533-543

Arthur C. Bunce

Supply Schedules—"Long-Time" and "Short-Time" pp. 544-557

R. L. Mighell and R. H. Allen

Training and Recruitment of Agricultural Economic Personnel: IV. A Training Program pp. 558-559

Thomas Cooper

Training and Recruitment of Agricultural Economic Personnel: V. For Public Service pp. 560-561

John D. Black

Training and Recruitment of Agricultural Economic Personnel: VI. An Administrator's View pp. 562-566

F. F. Hill

Training and Recruitment of Agricultural Economic Personnel: VII. The Government Service as a Career pp. 567-569

Charles F. Sarle

Dr. Schultz on Farm Management Research pp. 570-580

John D. Black

Part-Time Farming Research pp. 581-600

Leonard A. Salter and Larry F. Diehl

Trading in Wheat and Corn Futures in Relation to Price Movements pp. 601-612

Paul Mehl

Economic Phases in Soil Erosion Control pp. 613-620

P. E. McNall

Henry L. Ellsworth, Commissioner of Patents pp. 621-627

T. Swann Harding

The Committee on Land Tenure in the Corn Belt pp. 628-633

H. C. M. Case, Theodore Schultz, G. S. Wehrwein and Joseph Ackerman

Suggestions for a Sample Census of Agriculture in the West pp. 633-637

Marion Clawson

Social Aspects of Land Use in Delaware pp. 637-640

R. O. Bausman

Financing of Agriculture in Russia pp. 640-646

Vladimir Katkoff

Competition Among Grains, Naum Jasny, Stanford Univ. California, Food Research Institute, 1940. 606 Pp. $4.00 pp. 651-652

Ronald L. Mighell

Farm Appraisal, William G. Murray. Ames, Iowa, Iowa State College Press, 1940, Pp. ix+254. $2.25 pp. 652-653

Stanley W. Warren

Origins of Class Struggle in Louisiana, Roger W. Shugg. Baton Rouge. Louisiana State University Press, 1939, 372 pp. $3.50 pp. 653-655

Wilson Gee

Business Cycles in the United States, 1919–1932. (Statistical Testing of Business Cycle Theory, Volume II), J. Tinbergen, League of Nations, Economic Intelligence Service, Geneva, 1939. Pp. 244. $1.25 pp. 655-657

Gerhard Tinter

Tests of Significance: What They Mean and How to Use Them, John H. Smith, Studies in Business Administration, Volume X, Number 1. University of Chicago Press. 1939. Pp. 90. $1.00 pp. 657-658

Gerhard Tinter

The Geographic Basis of American Economic Life, Harold Hull McCarty, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1940, Pp. xxiii+702, $3.75 pp. 658-661

Arthur C. Bunce

A Dynamic Study of Pig Production in Denmark, Trygve Haavelmo. Studier Fra Aarhus Universitets Økonomiske Institut, Nr. 4, Copenhagen, Ejnar Munksgaard, 1939, Pp. 48, Kr. 2 pp. 658

O. V. Wells

Agricultural Atlas of Sweden, compiled on behalf of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture by Olof Jonasson, Ernst Höijer, and Thure Björkman. (Maps prepared under supervision of Olof Jonasson), Stockholm, Lantbrukssällskapets Tidskriftsaktiebolag, 1938, Pp. 176 pp. 661-662

O. E. Baker

British Agriculture, Viscount Astor and B. Seebohm Rowntree. London, Longmans, Green and Company, 1938. Pp. xx+469, 15s pp. 662-664

Howard J. Stover

Agrarian China, compiled by Institute of Pacific Relations from selected source materials from Chinese authors. Introduction by R. H. Tawney. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press. Pp. xviii+258. $2.50 pp. 664-665

Fred J. Rossiter

Federal, State, and Local Administrative Relationships in Agriculture, Carleton R. Ball. Bureau of Public Administration. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1938. Two volumes, 1140 pp. $10.00 pp. 665-666

Asher Hobson

Youth in Agricultural Villages, Bruce L. Melvin and Elna N. Smith, Works Progress Administration, Division of Research, Research Monograph XXI, Washington, D. C., 1940. Pp. xxi+143 pp. 667

Robin M. Williams

The Changing West; An Economic Theory about Our Golden Age, William Allen White. The Macmillan Co., 1939. 144 pp. $1.50 pp. 667-669

T. N. Carver

Volume 22, issue 2, 1940

Training and Recruitment of Agricultural Economic Personnel: I. A General View pp. 411-414

Henry C. Taylor

Training and Recruitment of Agricultural Economic Personnel: II. The Civil Servant pp. 415-417

Frederick V. Waugh

Training and Recruitment of Agricultural Economic Personnel: III. The South pp. 418-420

R. J. Saville

Agricultural Labor and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 pp. 421-429

H. W. Hannah

A Desirable Foreign Trade Policy for American Agriculture pp. 430-439

Joseph S. Davis

An Application of Analysis of Covariance to Price-Quality Relationships of Eggs pp. 440-445

Lawrence E. Cron

Export-Dumping Plans pp. 446-459

F. L. Thomsen

Role of Soil Depletion in Land Valuation pp. 460-472

Donald B. Ibach

County Planning for Land-use Adjustment pp. 473-483

J. G. Crawford and Gunnar Lange

On Agricultural Policy pp. 484-492

R. R. Renne

Federal-State Relationships in Agriculture pp. 493-495

O. B. Jesness

Memory Errors as They Affect Survey Data pp. 495-497

Oswald Brownlee

Market-Sharing in the Packing Industry—A Correction pp. 497

William Nicholls

The Structure of the American Economy. Part I. Basic Characteristics, Gardiner C. Means and Staff, National Resources Committee. Washington, D. C. 1939. Pp. viii+396. $1.00 pp. 501-503

J. K. Galbraith

Government and Economic Life, Leverett S. Lyon, Myron W. Watkins and Victor Abramson. Washington, D. C., Brookings Institution, 1939. Pp. xvi+519. $3.00 pp. 503-505

Warren C. Waite

A Policy for British Agriculture, Lord Addison of Stallingborough. London, Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1939. Pp. 304. 7s. 6d pp. 505-506

J. S. Davis

History of Prairie Settlement and "Dominion Lands" Policy, Arthur S. Morton and Chester Martin. Toronto, Macmillan Company. Pp. xviii+571. $4.50 pp. 506-508

J. F. Booth

Public Policy: A Yearbook of the Graduate School of Public Administration, Harvard University, 1940. Edited by Carl J. Friedrich and Edward P. Mason. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1940. $3.50 pp. 509-510

Kenneth H. Parsons

American Husbandry, Harry J. Carman, Editor, New York, Columbia University Press, 1939. Pp. xli+582. $5.00 pp. 510-511

J. A. Hopkins

Land Utilization in Australia, S. M. Wadham and G. L. Wood. Melbourne University Press, 1939. Pp. 360. 21 s pp. 511-513

George S. Wehrwein

Revolution in Land, Charles Abrams. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1939. Pp. 320. $3.00 pp. 513-514

Joseph Ackerman

Our Use of the Land, Ayers Brinser with Ward Shepard. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1939. Pp. xvi+303 pp. 514

Howard S. Tyler

Does Distribution Cost Too Much?, Paul W. Stewart and J. Frederic Dewhurst. New York, The Twentieth Century Fund, 1939. Pp. 403. $3.50 pp. 514-517

Frederick V. Waugh

The Consumers' Cooperative as a Distributive Agency, Orin E. Burley. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1939. Pp. 338, $3.00 pp. 517-518

John M. Cassels

Economics for Consumers, Leland J. Gordon. New York, American Book Company, 1939. Pp. x+638. $3.00 pp. 518-519

Viola Wyckoff

Changes in Farm Power and Equipment: Tractors, Trucks and Automobiles, Eugene G. McKibben and R. Austin Griffin. Works Progress Administration National Research Project Report No. A-9 and Changes in Farm Power and Equipment: Field Implements, Eugene G. McKibben, John A. Hopkins and R. Austin Griffin. Works Progress Administration National Research Project Report No. A-11 pp. 519-520

Lynn Robertson

Flue-cured Tobacco Farm Management, F. L. Underwood, Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Technical Bulletin 64, 1939. Pp. 313 pp. 520-521

Albert A. Thornbrough

The Sociology of Rural Life, T. Lynn Smith. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1940. Pp. xx+595. $3.50 pp. 521-522

Robert A. Polson

Five Years of Rural Relief, Waller Wynne, Jr. Washington: Works Progress Administration, Special Report, 1938. Pp. xiii+160 and Rural Families on Relief, Carle C. Zimmerman and Nathan L. Whetten. Washington: Works Progress Administration, Research Monograph XVII, 1938. Pp. xxiv+161 pp. 522-524

Robert E. Rapp

The Agricultural Industries, Deane W. Malott and Boyce F. Martin, New York. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1939. Pp. 483. $4.00 pp. 524-526

R. H. Allen

Some Rural Social Agencies in Missouri. C. E. Lively and R. B. Almack, Mo. Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. Bulletin 307, 1939 and The Rural Population Resources of Missouri. C. E. Lively and R. B. Almack, Mo. Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. Bulletin 306, 1939 pp. 524

Lowry Nelson

Cooperation to the Finnish, Henry H. Bakken. Madison, Wis. Mimir, 1939. Pp. 220. $2.50 pp. 526-527

Harry C. Trelogan

Volume 22, issue 1, 1940

Place of Farmers, Economists and Administrators in Developing Agricultural Policy pp. 1-9

Chester C. Davis

Problem of Poverty in Agriculture pp. 10-29

M. L. Wilson

Problem of Poverty in Agriculture: Discussion by J. I. Falconer pp. 29-31

J. I. Falconer

Problem of Poverty in Agriculture: Discussion by Dwight Sanderson pp. 31-33

Dwight Sanderson

Needed Points of Development and Reorientation in Land Economic Theory pp. 34-46

L. C. Gray and Mark Regan

Needed Points of Development and Reorientation in Land Economic Theory: Discussions by M. M. Kelso pp. 46-51

M. M. Kelso

Nature and Scope of Training for Men Contemplating Work in the Field of Agricultural Economics pp. 52-59

C. L. Alsberg

Needed Additions to the Theoretical Equipment of an Agricultural Economist pp. 60-66

Theodore Schultz

New Developments in Personnel Selection, Training and Advancement in the Federal Service pp. 67-77

Roy F. Hendrickson

Personnel Training and Recruitment in Agricultural Economics pp. 78-80

W. E. Grimes

Personnel Training and Recruitment in Agricultural Economics: Discussion by O. B. Jesness pp. 80-83

O. B. Jesness

Early History of Agricultural Economics pp. 84-97

Henry C. Taylor

Agriculture in the United States, 1839 and 1939 pp. 98-110

Arthur G. Peterson

Agriculture in the United States, 1839 and 1939: Discussion by H. C. M. Case pp. 111-118

H. C. M. Case

Agriculture in the United States, 1839 and 1939: Discussion by Stanley W. Warren pp. 118-123

Stanley W. Warren

Agriculture in the United States, 1839 and 1939: Discussion by G. W. Forster pp. 123-126

G. W. Forster

Agriculture in the United States, 1839 and 1939: Discussion by D. Curtis Mumford pp. 126-130

D. Curtis Mumford

Agriculture in the United States, 1839 and 1939: Discussion by R. S. Kifer pp. 130-137

R. S. Kifer

How Should Agriculture be Financed? pp. 138-147

William G. Murray

Use of the Normal Value Concept as a Stabilizing Influence in Agriculture pp. 148-154

E. C. Young

Use of the Normal Value Concept as a Stabilizing Influence in Agriculture: Discussion by F. F. Hill pp. 154-157

F. F. Hill

Use of the Normal Value Concept as a Stabilizing Influence in Agriculture: Discussion by Claude L. Benner pp. 158-161

Claude L. Benner

Changing Organization of Agricultural Markets pp. 162-172

A. C. Hoffman

Economic Significance of Changes in Market Organization pp. 173-185

Harold B. Rowe

Economic Significance of Changes in Market Organization: Discussion by T. G. Stitts pp. 185-187

T. G. Stitts

Cotton, Land, and People: A Statement of the Problem pp. 188-197

I. W. Duggan

How Can the Southern Population Find Gainful Employment? pp. 198-205

Rupert B. Vance

What Changes in National Policy does the South Need? pp. 206-212

Calvin B. Hoover

What Changes in National Policy does the South Need?: Discussion by Francis P. Miller pp. 212-214

Francis P. Miller

Allocation of Milk Supplies Among Contiguous Markets pp. 215-219

D. O. Hammerberg

Transportation and Country Assembly of Milk pp. 220-224

R. G. Bressler

Market-Sharing in the Packing Industry pp. 225-240

William H. Nicholls

State Laws Which Limit Competition in Agricultural Products pp. 241-248

George R. Taylor

Determining Input-Output Relationships in Milk Production pp. 249-258

Einar Jensen

Supervised Farming pp. 259-263

E. A. Starch

Unit Reorganization Program for the Southern Great Plains pp. 264-269

Roy I. Kimmel

When and under What Conditions Should a Mortgage on a Farm be Foreclosed? pp. 270-276

L. J. Norton

How can Delinquent Loans and Foreclosed Properties Best be Serviced and Handled? pp. 277-284

J. M. Huston

What Elements Enter into a Desirable Resale Policy? pp. 285-291

E. C. Johnson

County Planning Project—A Cooperative Approach to Agricultural Planning pp. 292-301

Bushrod W. Allin

County Planning Project—A Cooperative Approach to Agricultural Planning: Discussion by John D. Black pp. 301-305

John D. Black

County Planning Project—A Cooperative Approach to Agricultural Planning: Discussion by P. V. Kepner pp. 305-310

P. V. Kepner

County Planning Project—A Cooperative Approach to Agricultural Planning: Discussion by D. W. Watkins pp. 310-314

D. W. Watkins

County Planning Project—A Cooperative Approach to Agricultural Planning: Discussion by H. C. Ramsower pp. 314-316

H. C. Ramsower

Agricultural Surpluses and Nutritional Deficits: A Statement of the Problem and Some Factors Affecting Its Solution pp. 317-323

O. V. Wells

Programs for Using Agricultural Surpluses to Reduce Malnutrition and to Benefit Farmers pp. 324-334

Frederick V. Waugh

Programs for Using Agricultural Surpluses to Reduce Malnutrition and to Benefit Farmers: Discussion by Norman Leon Gold pp. 334-336

Norman Leon Gold

Programs for Using Agricultural Surpluses to Reduce Malnutrition and to Benefit Farmers: Discussion by Hazel K. Stiebeling pp. 337-339

Hazel K. Stiebeling

Programs for Using Agricultural Surpluses to Reduce Malnutrition and to Benefit Farmers: Discussion by George J. Stigler pp. 339-340

George Stigler

New Developments in Agricultural Sampling pp. 341-349

Arnold J. King and Glenn D. Simpson

Agricultural Census of 1940 pp. 350-358

Warder B. Jenkins

Characteristics of U. S. Poultry Statistics pp. 359-366

E. Smith Kimball

Characteristics of U. S. Poultry Statistics: Discussion by Joseph A. Becker pp. 366-368

Joseph A. Becker

War Adjustments for American Agriculture pp. 369-378

Asher Hobson

Agriculture in Modern Life, by O. E. Baker, Ralph Borsodi, and M. L. Wilson. New York. Harper & Brothers, 1939, 303 pp. $3.50 pp. 393-396

B. H. Hibbard

Factories in the Field, the Story of Migratory Farm Labor in California, Carey McWilliams, Boston, Little Brown and Company, 1939, pp. 334, $2.50 pp. 396-399

Karl Brandt

Farming Hazards in the Drought Area, by R. S. Kifer and H. L. Stewart, Washington, D. C.; Works Progress Administration, Division of Social Research, Research Monograph XVI, 1938. Pp. xxviii+219 pp. 400-401

R. J. Doll

Changes in Technology and Labor Requirements in Crop Production: Corn, by Loring K. Macy, Lloyd E. Arnold, and Eugene G. McKibben. Report No. A-5, XVIII, 181 pages pp. 401-404

Albert A. Thornbrough

Changes in Technology and Labor Requirements in Crop Production: Cotton, by William C. Holley, and Lloyd E. Arnold. Philadelphia Works Progress Administration, National Research Project, Report No. A-7, 1998, XVI, 132 pages pp. 402-404

Albert A. Thornbrough

Changes in Technology and Labor Requirements in Crop Production: Wheat and Oats, by Robert B. Elwood, Lloyd E. Arnold, D. Clarence Schmutz, and Eugene G. McKibben. Philadelphia, Works Progress Administration, National Research Project, Report A-10, 1939, XV, 182 pages pp. 402-404a

Albert A. Thornbrough

Arizona's Farm Laborers, by E. D. Tetreau, Arizona Bulletin No. 163, 1939, Pp. 40 pp. 404-406b

Joe R. Motheral

Migratory Cotton Pickers in Arizona, by Malcolm Brown and Orin Cassmore, Urban Surveys Section, Works Progress Administration, Division of Research, Washington, D. C., 1939. Pp. xxii + 104 pp. 404-406

Joe R. Motheral

Hired Labor Requirements on Arizona Irrigated Farms, by E. D. Tetreau, Arizona Bulletin No. 160, 1938, Pp. 31 pp. 404-406a

Joe R. Motheral

Basic Factors and Trends of Development in Agricultural Production of the Netherlands East Indies—Grundlagen und Entwicklungsrichtung der landwirtschaftlichen Erzeugung in Niederlandisch-Indien. W. K. G. Gretzer. "Berichte über Landwirtschaft." Neue Folge, 146. 18.40. R.M pp. 406-408

K. Mengelberg

Max Sering pp. 409

Benjamin H. Hibbard, H. C. M. Case, William I. Myers and Henry C. Taylor