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Volume 40, issue 5, 1958

The Impact of Science on Agriculture pp. 1005-1015

R. G. Bressler

Scientific Agriculture and Human Welfare pp. 1016-1026

Andrew Stewart

Science, Agriculture, and the Future pp. 1027-1036

W. A. Nierenberg

The Biological Sciences pp. 1037-1048

T. C. Byerly

Discussion: Implications to Farm Policy pp. 1048-1049

Harold G. Halcrow

Discussion: Implications to Farm Management pp. 1050-1053

H. R. Jensen

Discussion: Implications to Agricultural Marketing pp. 1053-1056

Ben C. French

Some Recent Developments in Economic Theory and Their Significance for Agricultural Economics pp. 1057-1068

O. H. Brownlee

Means for Maintaining Economic Stability pp. 1069-1078

Yale Brozen

Discussion: Implications to Farm Policy pp. 1078-1081

David L. MacFarlane

Discussion: Implications to Farm Management pp. 1082-1083

Roy E. Huffman

Discussion: Implications to Agricultural Marketing pp. 1084-1086

Raymond E. Seltzer

The Response of Wheat Production to Prices with Emphasis on Technological Change pp. 1087-1097

John A. Schnittker

Discussion: The Response of Wheat Production to Price with Emphasis on Technological Change pp. 1098-1100

J. C. Gilson

The Response of Milk Production to Price pp. 1101-1113

Harlow W. Halvorson

Discussion: The Response of Milk Production to Price pp. 1113-1114

John R. King

Response of the Farm Production Unit as A Whole to Prices pp. 1115-1128

J. Robert Tompkin

Discussion: Response of the Farm Production Unit as a Whole to Prices pp. 1128-1130

James S. Plaxico

Intermediate-Term Credit in Agriculture pp. 1131-1140

Stanley A. Morrow

Discussion: Intermediate-term Credit in Agriculture pp. 1140-1143

Nicholas A. Jamba

Effect of Urban and Industrial Development on Agricultural Finance pp. 1144-1155

Howard G. Diesslin

Discussion: Effect of Urban and Industrial Development on Agricultural Finance pp. 1155-1157

Paul R. Poffenberger

Federal Financing of Rural Utilities pp. 1158-1168

E. C. Weitzell

Discussion: Federal Financing of Rural Utilities pp. 1169-1171

John L. Fischer

The Changing Structure of Markets for Farm Machinery pp. 1172-1182

W. G. Phillips

Discussion: The Changing Structure of Markets for farm Machinery pp. 1182-1185

Martin A. Abrahamsen

The Changing Structure of the Fertilizer Industry in the United States pp. 1186-1198

E. L. Baum and S. L. Clement

Discussion: The Changing Structure of the Fertilizer Industry in the United Sates pp. 1198-1200

Calvin R. Berry

The Changing Structure of Markets for Commercial Feeds pp. 1201-1210

V. John Brensike

Discussion: The Changing Structure of Markets for Commercial Feeds pp. 1211-1213

Robert W. Schoeff

Agricultural Statistics in a Changing World pp. 1214-1225

O. V. Wells

Discussion: Agricultural Statistics in A Changing World pp. 1225-1227

Peyton Stapp

The Impact of Electronic Computing on Farm Economic Research pp. 1228-1233

Vincent West

Discussion: Impact of Electronic Computing on farm Economic Research pp. 1233-1236

George Judge

Use of Experimental Design in Marketing Research pp. 1237-1246

Max E. Brunk

Discussion: Use of Experimental Design in Marketing Research pp. 1246-1249

J. R. Bowring

Effect of Scientific Progress on Size and Efficiency of Farms in the Plains pp. 1250-1262

L. F. Miller and W. B. Back

Discussion: Effect of Scientific Progress on Size and Efficiency of Farms in the Plains pp. 1262-1265

Meyer Brownstone

Institutional Adaptations to the Environment of the Great Plains pp. 1266-1277

Stanley W. Voelker

Discussion: Institutional Adaptations to the Environment of the Great Plains pp. 1277-1279

H. R. Stucky

Developments in Human Nutrition Research and Their Implications for Agriculture pp. 1280-1288

L. Bradley Pett

Discussion: Developments in Human Nutrition Research and Their Implications for Agriculture pp. 1288-1290

Rosalind C. Lifquist

Contributions of Current Research in Food Technology pp. 1291-1298

Emil M. Mrak

Discussion: Current Research in Food Technology pp. 1298-1300

Lee Kolmer

What We Do and Do Not Know about Food Consumption of American Families pp. 1301-1311

Margaret G. Reid

Discussion: What We Do and Do Not Know about Food Habits of American Families pp. 1311-1314

A. C. Hoffman

The Extent and Significance of Nonagricultural Uses of Rural Land and Water pp. 1315-1326

Hugh A. Johnson and Hugh H. Wooten

Recreational Uses of Rural Lands and Water pp. 1327-1338

C. W. Loomer

Minimizing Adverse Effects of Major Shifts in Land Use pp. 1339-1349

Raleigh Barlowe

Discussion: Nonagricultural and Recreational Uses of Rural Land and Water pp. 1350-1352

W. David Hopper

Discussion: Nonagricultural and Recreational Uses of Rural Land and Water pp. 1352-1355

John Muehlbeier

Dynamics of the Integration of Agricultural Production and Marketing pp. 1356-1367

H. K. Leckie

Discussion: Dynamics of the Integration of Agricultural Production and Marketing pp. 1367-1369

Forest L. Goetsch

Credit Implications of Integration in Agriculture pp. 1370-1379

R. C. Engberg

Discussion: Credit Implications of Integration in Agriculture pp. 1379-1382

Ivy W. Duggan

Tenure Innovations and Tenure Problems Associated with Vertical Integration pp. 1383-1390

Raymond J. Penn

Discussion: Tenure Innovations and Tenure Problems Associated with Vertical Integration pp. 1390-1392

Marshall Harris

New Knowledge of Decision-Making Processes pp. 1393-1404

Glenn Johnson

Discussion: New Knowledge of Decision-Making Processes pp. 1404-1406

B. D. Crossmon

Farmers' Decisions in the Use of Fertilizer pp. 1407-1415

Moyle S. Williams

Discussion: Farmers' Decisions in the Use of Fertilizer pp. 1415-1417

Ermond H. Hartmans

Using Process Analysis to Improve Farm Organization pp. 1418-1425

Irving F. Fellows

Discussion: Using Process Analysis to Improve Farm Organization pp. 1425-1428

Roy N. Van Arsdall

Technological Change, Food Needs, and Aggregate Resource Adjustment pp. 1429-1437

Glen T. Barton

Discussion: Technological Change, Food Needs, and Aggregate Resource Adjustment pp. 1437-1440

W. E. Haviland and M. E. Andal

Technical Change and the Problem of Manpower Adjustment pp. 1441-1451

Walter B. Garver

Discussion: Technological Change and Farm Manpower Adjustment pp. 1451-1454

George V. Haythorne

Scientific Progress in Agriculture, Land Requirements and Land Use Adjustments pp. 1455-1467

Howard W. Ottoson and A. W. Epp

Discussion: Scientific Progress in Agriculture, Land Requirements and Land Use Adjustments pp. 1467-1469

John F. Timmons

Technological Developments in World Agricultural Production pp. 1470-1481

Wilhelm Anderson

Discussion: Technological Developments in World Agricultural Production pp. 1481-1483

Harold A. Vogel

Surplus Disposal as a Tool for World Development-Objectives and Accomplishments pp. 1484-1494

John H. Davis

Discussion: Surplus Disposal as a Tool for World Development-Objectives and Accomplishments pp. 1494-1496

Frank Shefrin

Tropical Agriculture-Competitive or Complementary? pp. 1497-1508

Quentin M. West

Discussion: Tropical Agriculture-Competitive or Complementary? pp. 1508-1510

G. W. Hedlund

Discussion: Technological Advance and the Future of the Family Farm pp. 1509-1612

Sol. Sinclair

Altering Marketing Concepts to Modern Conditions pp. 1511-1522

Paul E. Nelson

Discussion: Altering Marketing Concepts to Modern Conditions pp. 1523-1524

George W. Ladd

Adapting Market Organization to Changing Requirements pp. 1525-1538

D. B. DeLoach

Discussion: "Adapting Market Organization to Changing Requirements" pp. 1538-1540

Norris T. Pritchard

Developing Buying Policies in Decentralized Assembly Markets pp. 1541-1550

Robert L. Clodius

Discussion: Developing Buying Policies in Decentralized Assembly Markets pp. 1550-1553

Kenneth D. Naden

Productivity Trends in Agriculture and Industry pp. 1554-1564

John W. Kendrick

Discussion: Productivity Trends in Agriculture and Industry pp. 1564-1567

L. Jay Atkinson

Changing Relationships Between Agriculture and the National Economy pp. 1568-1578

William A. Cromarty

Discussion: Changing Relationships Between Agriculture and the National Economy pp. 1578-1580

Philip T. Allen

Implications of Changing Technology for Prices and Incomes in Agriculture pp. 1581-1593

M. A. MacGregor

Discussion: Implications of Changing Technology for Prices and Incomes in Agriculture pp. 1593-1595

G. E. Brandow

Technological Advance and the Future of the Family Farm pp. 1596-1609

John M. Brewster

Increased Capital Requirements and the Problem of Getting Started in Farming pp. 1613-1622

H. Van Vliet

Discussion: Increased Capital Requirements and the Problem of Getting Started in Farming pp. 1622-1623

Truman R. Nodland

Corporate Organization of Family Farms pp. 1624-1633

N. G. P. Krausz

Discussion: Corporate Organization of Family Farms pp. 1633-1635

W. H. Yaw

The Impact of Technology on Rural Values pp. 1636-1642

M. E. John

Discussion: Impact of Technology on Rural Values pp. 1642-1645

John H. Southern

Farm Political Power and the U. S. Governmental Crisis pp. 1646-1659

Charles M. Hardin

Discussion: Farm Political Power and the U. S. Governmental Crisis pp. 1659-1661

Willard Cochrane

Social Security for Farm Operators: Acceptance and Role in Farm Population Adjustment pp. 1662-1670

John C. Ellickson

Discussion: Social Security for Farm Operators: Acceptance and Role in Farm Population Adjustment pp. 1670-1673

R. G. F. Spitze

Planning and Evaluation pp. 1674-1687

John Krutilla

Discussion: Some Recent Developments in River Basin Planning for Evaluation pp. 1687-1689

Albert R. Johnson

Sharing Financial Responsibility of River Basin Development pp. 1690-1702

Mark M. Regan

Discussion: Sharing Financial Responsibility of River Basin Development pp. 1702-1704

George S. Tolley

Organization for River Basin Development: The Columbia River pp. 1705-1714

Kris Kristjanson

Discussion: Organization for River Basin Development—The Columbia River pp. 1714-1716

Stephen C. Smith

Competition in International Trade with Particular Reference to Agricultural Commodities pp. 1717-1728

S. C. Hudson and Randolph Gherson

Developing International Institutions to Govern Trade pp. 1729-1741

Willis C. Armstrong

Multiple Price Schemes at Home and Abroad pp. 1742-1753

H. R. Woltman

Discussion: Trading Problems in International Markets pp. 1753-1755

L. L. Boger

Discussion: Trading Problems in International Markets pp. 1755-1757

Geoffrey S. Shepherd

Present and Future Program for Agricultural Statistics in Canada pp. 1758-1769

C. V. Parker and Alan D. Holmes

Discussion: Present and Future Program for Agricultural Statistics in Canada pp. 1769-1771

Sterling R. Newell

Current and Area Data Progress and Future Needs in the United States pp. 1772-1778

J. Carroll Bottum and Joseph Ackerman

Discussion: Current and Area Data Progress and Future Needs in the United States pp. 1778-1781

Roy A. Bodin

Plans and Publication of State and Local Data for the 1959 Census of Agriculture pp. 1782-1786

Ray Hurley

Discussion: Plans and Publication of State and Local Data for the 1959 Census of Agriculture pp. 1787-1789

J. L. Forsyth

Alternative way of Coordinating Production and Marketing pp. 1790-1797

Ewell P. Roy

Discussion: Alternative Ways of Coordinating Production and Marketing pp. 1797-1800

Gordon W. Sprague

Decision-Making in Integrated Production and Marketing Systems pp. 1801-1811

R. L. Kohls

Discussion: Decision-Making in Integrated Production and Marketing Systems pp. 1811-1813

William E. Folz

Impacts of Vertical Integration on Output Price and Industry Structure pp. 1814-1824

J. A. Seagraves and C. E. Bishop

Discussion: Impacts of Vertical Integration on Output Price and Industry Structure pp. 1824-1827

Stanley K. Seaver

Bilateral Monopoly in Farm Leasing pp. 1828-1831

Myron P. Kelsey and Melvin R. Janssen

Declining Demand for Pork—Reconsideration of Causes and Suggested Prescription for Remedy pp. 1832-1838

Patrick J. Luby

Supply Response to Grain Land Rental Rates pp. 1839-1845

Arnold A. Paulsen

Cooperative Mergers and Research Needs pp. 1846-1849

Milton L. Manuel

Are New Criteria Needed for Making Agricultural Loans? pp. 1850-1854

Frank Miller

Making Farm Family Plans More Effective pp. 1855-1859

Richard A. King

Possible Future Trends of Vertical Integration in Agriculture pp. 1860-1865

W. P. Mortenson

Some Fundamental Problems Concerning Undergraduate Curriculum in Agricultural Economics pp. 1866-1870

E. J. R. Booth

A Metaphysical Hypothesis pp. 1871-1874

A. N. Halter

Some Obstacles in the Path of Progress in Marketing Extension Work pp. 1875-1878

Dale E. Butz

The Land Grant College Obligation pp. 1879-1882

Eber Eldridge

Motivating Forces Underlying Intermarket Milk Price Relationships pp. 1883-1886

Herbert G. Spindler

Concentration of Land Ownership pp. 1887-1893

Gene Wunderlich

Problems in the Implementation of the Objectives of Graduate Training pp. 1894-1898

H. Russell Shaw

Technology Redefined—An Example of Quantitative Measurement in the Broiler Industry pp. 1899-1907

Akira Uchida

Discussion: Technology Redefined—An Example of Quantitative Measurement in the Broiler Industry pp. 1907-1908

Irving Dubov

An Input-Output Analysis of a Small Homogeneous Agricultural Area pp. 1909-1920

Peretz Ram

Discussion: An Input-Output Analysis of a Small Homogeneous Agricultural Area pp. 1920

L. T. Smythe

Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Program Selection Within the Feeder Cattle Enterprise pp. 1921-1931

John L. Dillon

Discussion: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Program Selection Within the Feeder Cattle Enterprise pp. 1931-1933

B. F. Stanton

Volume 40, issue 4, 1958

Estimation of Spatial Price Equilibrium Models pp. 801-820

George Judge and T. D. Wallace

‘Price Mapping’ of Optimum Changes in Enterprises pp. 821-834

W. W. McPherson and J. E. Faris

Changes in Cotton Acreage in the Southeast—Implications for Supply Functions pp. 835-844

Michael J. Brennan

Changes in Supply Response and Elasticity for Hogs pp. 845-860

Gerald W. Dean and Earl O. Heady

Statistical Estimation of Long-Run Elasticities of Supply and Demand pp. 861-880

Marc Nerlove and William Addison

Total Elasticities—A Predictive Device pp. 881-891

Rueben C. Buse

Short Run Effects Following Controlled Price Changes: Skim Milk pp. 892-902

Charles H. Berry, George K. Brinegar and Stewart Johnson

An Evaluation of Some Economic Factors and Farmers' Attitudes That May Influence Acceptance of Soil Conservation Practices pp. 903-914

Julian Prundeanu and Paul J. Zwerman

Apparent Results in Using Surplus Food for Financing Economic Development pp. 915-923

Mordecai Ezekiel

Output-Input Relationships Revisited pp. 924-932

Theodore Schultz

Effects of Fertilizer Use on Barley in Northern Manitoba pp. 932-941

J. C. Gilson and V. W. Bjarnarson

A Graphic Method for Presenting a Marginal Analysis Using Feed Substitution and Production Functions pp. 941-947

Theo H. Ellis and Roy M. Hovey

Grading of Carnations, Chrysanthemums and Snapdragons in Relation to Economic Marketing Conditions in Spokane, Washington pp. 948-955

David J. Ballantyne, E. W. Kalin and A. H. Harrington

International Wheat Surplus Utilization Conference pp. 956-961

R. L. Kristjanson

Modification of Linear Programming Solution Routine to Permit Consideration of conditional Restrictions pp. 962-963

R. F. Hutton

Thomas Poe Cooper, 1881–1958 pp. 964

H. Bruce Price and Dana G. Card

Mathematical Economics, R. G. D. Allen. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1956. Pp. xvi, 768. $10.00 pp. 971-974

Carl Christ

Towards a More General Theory of Value, Edward Hastings Chamberlin. New York: Oxford University Press, 1957. Pp. xii, 318. $5.00 pp. 974-975

Howard H. Hines

Agricultural Adjustment Problems in a Growing Economy, Earl O. Heady, Howard G. Diesslin, Harald R. Jensen, and Glenn L. Johnson, Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State College Press, 1958. Pp. xi, 315. $3.95 pp. 976-977

William F. Henry

Multiple Pricing of American Wheat (Present System Versus Two-price Plan), Helen C. Farnsworth. Stanford: Food Research Institute, 1958. Pp. 50. $1.00 pp. 977-980

Leonard W. Schruben

Multiple Purpose River Development, John V. Krutilla and Otto Eckstein. Baltimore: Published for Resources for the Future, Inc. by the Johns Hopkins Press, 1958. Pp. xiv, 301. $4.50 pp. 980-982

E. N. Castle

Land Economics, Revised Edition, Ronald R. Renne. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1958. Pp. xiii, 599. $6.00 and $8.00 pp. 982-985

Loyd K. Fischer

Cooperative Independent Commission Report. Manchester, England: Cooperative Union, Ltd., 1958. Pp. xi, 320 pp. 985-987

Joseph G. Knapp

Japan's Economic Recovery, G. C. Allen. London, New York and Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1958. Pp. xi, 215. $4.75 and Japan's Postwar Economy, Jerome B. Cohen, with a foreword by John D. Rockefeller III. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. Pp. xvii, 262. $6.50 pp. 987-991

Dorothy C. Goodwin

The Economics of the Fur Industry, Victor R. Fuchs. New York: Columbia University Press, 1957. Pp. vi, 168. $5.00 pp. 992-993

William W. Addison

LĽAgriculteur à la conquête de son marché, Henry de Farcy. Paris: Spes, 1958, Pp. 490, 2,250 francs pp. 993-994

Ronald Gatty

Volume 40, issue 3, 1958

Policy for Commercial Agriculture Re-examined: A Review Article pp. 549-562

Marion Clawson

The Farm Policy Dilemma pp. 563-571

Walter W. Wilcox

An Economic Appraisal of Changes in Rural Food Consumption pp. 572-590

Marguerite C. Burk

The Demand for Fertilizer: An Economic Interpretation of a Technical Change pp. 591-606

Zvi Griliches

The Pricing Structure for Wheat at the Country Elevator Level pp. 607-624

Paul L. Farris

Wholesale and Retail Grocery Margins from the 1952 OPS Survey pp. 625-635

Jerry Foytik

Future of Irrigation in the Humid Area pp. 636-652

Robert L. Tontz

Analytical Techniques in Relation to Watershed Development pp. 653-665

G. S. Tolley

A Method for Dealing with Time in Determining Optimum Factor Inputs pp. 666-673

William G. Brown and George H. Arscott

Some Problems of Linear Discrimination pp. 674-683

Dwight M. Blood and C. B. Baker

Economics of Establishing a Soil Conservation Program on a Beef Farm pp. 684-696

R. H. Blosser

Economic Aspects of the Effects of Fertilizers, Soil Moisture and Rainfall on the Yields of Grain Sorghum in the "Sandy Lands" of Southwest Kansas pp. 697-708

Frank Orazem and Roy B. Herring

Further Facts on Raising the Price of Gold pp. 709-718

Henry A. Wallace

A Note on the Nerlove Estimate of Supply Elasticity pp. 719-722

G. E. Brandow

On the Nerlove Estimate of Supply Elasticity: A Reply pp. 723-728

Marc Nerlove

Longevity and Stability of Membership in Farm Management Associations pp. 728-732

G. A. Pond and T. R. Nodland

Use of Normal-Curve Theory in Crop Insurance Ratemaking pp. 733-740

Ralph R. Botts and James N. Boles

Government Renting of Entire Farms Versus Buying Them as a Solution to the Farm Problem pp. 740-743

Edgar A. Hyer

Telephone Interviewing pp. 743-747

Glen H. Mitchell and Everett M. Rogers

A Note on ‘An Aggregate Supply Function for New Zealand Wheat’ pp. 747-748

J. D. Stewart

On New Zealand Wheat: A Reply pp. 749-750

Wilfred Candler

Estimating Economies of Scale pp. 750-756

Arvid C. Knudtson

A Note on the Symmetry of Homogeneous Production Function and the Three Stages of Production pp. 756-761

Yair Mundlak

Farm Prices, Myth and Reality, Willard W. Cochrane. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1958. Pp. vii, 186. $4.00 pp. 768-771

George K. Brinegar

Linear Programming and Economic Analysis, Robert Dorfman, Paul A. Samuelson, and Robert M. Solow. New York-Toronto-London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1958. Pp. ix, 527. $10.00 pp. 772-774

Robert F. Hutton

The Federal Lands: Their Use and Management, Marion Clawson and Burnell Held. Baltimore: Published for Resources for the Future, Inc., Johns Hopkins Press, 1957. Pp. xxi, 501. $8.50 pp. 775-777

J. Herbert Snyder

Water Resources. Law and Contemporary Problems: A quarterly published by Duke University School of Law. 22:323–537. Summer 1957 pp. 778-779a

Clyde E. Stewart

River Basin Development. Law and Contemporary Problems: A quarterly published by Duke University School of Law. 22:155–322. Spring 1957. Single copies $2.00 pp. 778-779

Clyde E. Stewart

Federal Lending and Loan Insurance, R. J. Saulnier, Harold G. Halcrow, and Neil H. Jacoby. A Study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, New York. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1958. Pp. xxx, 566. $12.00 pp. 779-781

Philip T. Allen

Toward Responsible Government: An Economic Appraisal of Federal Investment in Water Resources Programs, Edward F. Renshaw. Chicago: Idyia Press, 1957. Pp. xii, 164 pp. 781-784

William E. Folz

Economic Development. Charles P. Kindleberger. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1958. Pp. xiii, 325. $6.50 pp. 784-785

W. B. Back

The Agricultural Register, The Agricultural Economics Research Institute of the University of Oxford, Bedford, England: The Sidney Press, Ltd., 1957. Pp. viii, 234.21 S pp. 785-788

Robert L. Tontz

Collectivization of Agriculture in Eastern Europe, Irwin T. Sanders, et al. (Eds.), Louisville: University of Kentucky Press, 1958. Pp. x, 214. $5.00 pp. 788-790

Frank Meissner

Estimates of Israel's International Transactions of 1952–1954, Nadav Halevi. Jerusalem: Falk Project for Economic Research in Israel, 1956. Pp. 139. $2.00 pp. 790-792

Mordechai Kreinin

Volume 40, issue 2, 1958

Agriculture's Public Relations pp. 187-195

Bushrod W. Allin

Regional Patterns of Technological Change in American Agriculture pp. 196-207

Thomas T. Stout and Vernon Ruttan

Better Basic Data for Agriculture: Some Possible Approaches pp. 208-222

M. R. Benedict and G. M. Kuznetz

Discussion: Regional Patterns of Technological Change in American Agriculture pp. 222-224

George Judge

Discussion: Better Basic Data for Agriculture pp. 224-227

Kenneth L. Bachman

Gatt—A Cohesive Influence in the Free World pp. 228-237

John M. Leddy

Synthesis of Trade and Agricultural Policy in Gatt pp. 238-248

Robert B. Schwenger

Discussion: Gatt a Cohesive Influence in the Free World pp. 248-250

Oscar Zaglits

Discussion: A Decade of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade pp. 250-252

Ernest T. Baughman

Discussion: A Decade of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade pp. 252-254

George L. Mehren

Changes in the Agricultural Adjustment Program in the Past 25 Years pp. 255-264

O. B. Jesness

Agricultural Adjustment Reconsidered: Changes Needed in the Next 25 Years pp. 265-277

Marion Clawson

Discussion: Agricultural adjustment reconsidered pp. 277-281

William O. Jones

Discussion: Agricultural Adjustment Reconsidered pp. 281-283

K. L. Robinson

Discussion: Agricultural Adjustment Reconsidered pp. 284-289

H. L. Stewart

Implications of Recent Research on Optimal Storage Rules pp. 290-300

Robert L. Gustafson

Distributed lags and Estimation of Long-Run Supply and Demand Elasticities: Theoretical Considerations pp. 301-310

Marc Nerlove

Discussion: Distributed Lags and the Measurement of Supply and Emand Elasticities pp. 311-313

K. W. Meinken

Discussion: Econometric Research in Agriculture pp. 313-314

Harold W. Watts

Structural changes in the meat wholesaling industry pp. 315-329

Willard F. Williams

The Family Farm and the Land Speculator: Reflections on a Much Worked Theme pp. 330-343

E. Louise Peffer

Some Current Developments in Futures Trading pp. 344-351

Roger W. Gray

The Urbanization of the Open Country pp. 352-360

Kenneth C. Nobe

Educational Requirements for Extension Workers with Suggestions on In-Service Training pp. 361-372

Harold C. Love

The Agricultural Exemption in Interstate Trucking pp. 373-392

Celia Sperling

Output in Relation to Input for the Agricultural Industry pp. 393-405

Earl O. Heady

Planning Efficient Operations for Cherry Processing Plants pp. 406-416

Vernon L. Sorenson

Economies of Size in the Cattle-Feeding Industry of California pp. 417-429

John A. Hopkin

Membership Attitudes of the American Farm Economic Association pp. 430-433

Harry C. Trelogan

Vertical Integration and Farm Management Research pp. 434-439

Emery N. Castle

Adjustment Opportunities and the Cotton Acreage Reserve Program pp. 439-445

J. E. Faris and Yair Kadishay

Socioeconomic Characteristics of Innovators pp. 446-449

Peter E. Hildebrand and Earl J. Partenheimer

Note on Transportation and Assignment Problems pp. 449-450

Wilfred Candler

Production Functions From Data Over a Series of Years pp. 451-457

William G. Brown and Merrill M. Oveson

A Partial Evaluation of Static Theory from Results of the Interstate Managerial Survey pp. 458-469

David H. Boyne and Glenn L. Johnson

A Simultaneous Solution for the Exponential Yield Equation pp. 469-476

D. B. Ibach and S. W. Mendum

An Application of Scalogram Analysis in Agricultural Economics Research pp. 477-485

Arthur D. Jeffrey

Dry Farming in the Northern Great Plains, 1900–1925, Mary Wilma M. Hargreaves. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. Pp. xii, 587. $10.10 pp. 493-494

M. M. Kelso

The World Fertilizer Economy, Mirko Lamer. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1957. Pp. xvi, 715. $12.50 pp. 495-496

Jesse W. Markham

Introduction to Mathematical Economics, D. W. Bushaw and R. W. Clower. Homewood, Illinois: Irwin, 1957. Pp. xii, 345. $7.00 pp. 496-498

J. A. Nordin

Game Theory and Programming. A. W. Tucker. Stillwater: Department of Mathematics, The Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1955, Pp. 86. $2.00 pp. 498-499

James N. Boles

Introduction to Finite Mathematics, J. G. Kemeny, J. L. Snell and G. L. Thompson. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1957. Pp. xi, 371. $5.00 pp. 499-502

E. J. R. Booth

Introduction to Statistical Reasoning, Philip J. McCarthy. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1957. Pp. 402. $5.75 pp. 502-503

Rudolf J. Freund

Farm Crisis, 1919–1923, James H. Shideler. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1957. Pp. x, 345. $5.00 pp. 503-505

W. Robert Parks

Economic Concentration and the Monopoly Problem, Edward S. Mason. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. Pp. XVI, 411. $6.00 pp. 506-508

Sidney Hoos

Essays in the Theory of Economic Growth, Evsey D. Domar. New York: Oxford University Press, 1957. Pp. 1x, 272. $4.50 pp. 508-511

William O. Thweatt

The Economics of Under-Developed Countries, Peter T. Bauer and Basil S. Yamey. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1957, Pp. xiii, 271. $2.25 pp. 511-512

Joseph Willett

International and Interregional Economics, Seymour E. Harris. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1957. Pp. xiv, 564. $7.00 pp. 513-515

David L. MacFarlane

Capital in Agriculture: Its Formation and Financing Since 1870, Alvin S. Tostlebe, National Bureau of Economic Research. New York: Princeton University Press, 1957. Pp. xxvi, 232. $6.00 pp. 515-517

Howard G. Diesslin

Theoretical Welfare Economics, J. deV. Graaff. Cambridge: The University Press, 1957. Pp. x, 178. $4.00 pp. 517-518

Donald R. Kaldor

The National Policy and the Wheat Economy, Vernon C. Fowke. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957. Pp. x, 312. $5.50 pp. 518-521

Conrad Gislason

Economic Models: An Exposition, E. F. Beach. New York and London: John Wiley & Sons, 1957, Pp. ix, 227. $7.50 pp. 522-523

Frederick V. Waugh

Managing for Greater Returns in Country Elevator and Retail Farm Supply Businesses, Richard Phillips. Des Moines: Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa, 1957. Pp. xiii, 558. $7.00 pp. 523-524

Gerald E. Korzan

The Demand and Price Structure for Dairy Products, Anthony S. Rojko. Technical Bulletin 1168, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Washington, D.C., 1957. Pp. 252 pp. 525-526

James B. Hassler

Volume 40, issue 1, 1958

Menu Data and Their Contribution to Food Consumption Studies pp. 1-20

Harry E. Allison, Charles J. Zwick and Ayres Brinser

Some Implications of Monetary Policy on Agriculture pp. 21-29

Raymond J. Doll

Food Price Controls Reconsidered pp. 30-46

Allen B. Paul

Meat Production in the U.K.: A Study of Government Policy pp. 47-62

E. A. Attwood and G. Hallett

The Plantation System in the Development of Tropical Economies pp. 63-77

V. D. Wickizer

Some Issues in Agricultural Development in Iraq pp. 78-88

Montague Yudelman

Alligation, Forerunner of Linear Programming pp. 89-103

Frederick V. Waugh

Application of Queueing Theory in Determining Livestock Unloading Facilities pp. 104-116

Clifton B. Cox, A. Glickstein and James H. Greene

A Supply Function for Flax at the Firm Level pp. 117-123

Arvid C. Knudtson and Willard Cochrane

Implications of Calculated Economic Optima in the Cauca Valley, Colombia, S.A pp. 123-132

G. I. Trant

A Note on Food Consumption in Europe pp. 133-136

J. H. Richter

Built-In Reliability Checks for Questionnaires pp. 136-139

D. M. Hall

Economic Aspects of the Burley Tobacco Program pp. 139-141

Walter W. Wilcox

An Appraisal of the Soil Bank Program in the Wheat Summer Fallow Area of Oregon pp. 142-148

William G. Brown and Pius Weisgerber

An Appraisal of the Soil Bank in a Corn and Dairy Area of Wisconsin pp. 148-153

Allan Schmid

A Note on "The Unit Farm as a Tool in Farm Management Research" pp. 153-154

W. Owen McCarthy

On Unit Farms: A Reply pp. 155

A. L. Jolly

A Theory of the Consumption Function, Milton Friedman. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957. Pp. xvi, 243. $4.75 pp. 163-164

Marc Nerlove

Fifty Years of Farm Management, H. C. M. Case and D. B. Williams. Urbana: The University of Illinois Press. Pp. vii, 386, 1957. $6.00 pp. 164-167

John D. Black

Farm Trouble, Lauren Soth. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957. Pp. vii, 221. $3.75 pp. 167-171

George S. Tolley

Agriculture in the British Economy. Edited by Sir James Scott Watson. London: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, 1957. Pp. 311. 21s pp. 171-172

R. G. Wheeler