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Volume 38, issue 5, 1956

Agricultural Economics in the Years Ahead pp. 1093-1101

H. B. James

The Agricultural Problem pp. 1102-1106

Jesse W. Tapp

California Agriculture—Its Unique Features and Problems pp. 1107-1114

J. Earl Coke

A Prevue of California Agriculture pp. 1115-1126

A. D. Reed

Growth and Stability in the General Economy pp. 1127-1136

Solomon Fabricant

An Alternative Diagnosis of the Farm Problem pp. 1137-1152

Theodore Schultz

Discussion: Economics of Growth and Stabilization in the United States pp. 1152-1158

E. J. Working

Policies for Economic Growth and Stability pp. 1159-1172

Herbert Stein

Panel Discussion: "Strategy from the Standpoint of Agriculture" pp. 1173-1196

J. A. Baker, Marion Clawson, K. A. Fox, L. C. Halvorson, O. V. Wells and W. E. Hamilton

A Review and Criticism of United States Participation in Agricultural Programs of Technical Cooperation pp. 1197-1212

A. T. Mosher

Theoretical Considerations of Water Allocation Among Competing Uses and Users pp. 1244-1258

John F. Timmons

Can Water Be Allocated by Competitive Prices? pp. 1259-1268

W. K. McPherson

Economic Implications of the Partnership Policy in Water Resources Development pp. 1269-1276

Roy E. Huffman

Discussion: Theoretical Considerations of Water Allocation Among Competing Uses and Users pp. 1276-1278

Irving F. Davis

Discussion: Can Water Be allocated by Competitive Prices? pp. 1279-1282

Raleigh Barlowe

Discussion: Economic Implications of the Partnership Policy in Water Resources Development pp. 1282-1284

Kristjan Kristjanson

A Framework for Farm Management Research Programs in the Decade Ahead pp. 1285-1292

Earl W. Kehrberg

Institutional Considerations in Farm Management in the Decade Ahead pp. 1293-1300

Sydney D. Staniforth

Policy Considerations in Farm Management Research in the Decade Ahead pp. 1301-1311

S. V. Ciriacy-Wantrup

Discussion: A Framework for Farm Management Research Programs in the Decade Ahead pp. 1311-1315

E. N. Castle

Discussion: Institutional Considerations in Farm Management in the Decade Ahead pp. 1315-1318

Garland P. Wood

Discussion: Policy Considerations in Farm Management in the Decade Ahead pp. 1318-1321

Andrew Vanvig

Economic Bases for Market Development Programs: The Case of United States Cotton pp. 1322-1334

M. K. Horne

New Techniques in Consumer Preference Research pp. 1335-1345

Elmer R. Kiehl and V. James Rhodes

Research on Improved Merchandising of Agricultural Products pp. 1346-1353

Marshall R. Godwin

Discussion: Economic Bases for Market Development Programs pp. 1354-1356

S. A. Robert

Discussion: New Techniques in Consumer Preference Research pp. 1357-1360

James A. Bayton

Discussion: Research on Improved Merchandising of Agricultural Products pp. 1360-1362

Jerry Foytik

Some Myths of Southern Economic Growth: A Study of Comparative Growth Rates in the Manufacturing Economy of the 11 Southeastern States pp. 1363-1374

Joe A. Martin

A Comparative Analysis of the Earnings of Some White and Negro Farmers in the United States pp. 1375-1384

J. W. Willett

What to Do about Low Incomes in Agriculture pp. 1385-1397

W. Elbert Hendrix

Discussion: Some Myths of Southern Economic Growth pp. 1397-1398

A. L. Larson

Discussion: A Comparative Analysis of White and Negro Farmers in the United States pp. 1398-1401

Leland G. Allbaugh

Discussion: What to Do about Low Incomes in Agriculture pp. 1401-1404

E. M. Morrison

Demand and Quality Preferences for Deciduous Fruits pp. 1405-1414

A. H. Harrington and Conrad Gislason

Some Economic Effects of Supporting Feed Grain Prices pp. 1415-1426

Gordon A. King

New Ideas and Methods for Price Research pp. 1427-1436

Holbrook Working

Discussion: Research Methods in Price Analysis pp. 1437-1440

Geoffrey Shepherd

Discussion: Research Methods in Price Analysis pp. 1441-1445

L. L. Boger

Agricultural Data Requirements in Extension Work pp. 1446-1451

Dorris D. Brown and J. B. Claar

Data Requirements in Agricultural Administration and Research pp. 1452-1454

Marion D. Thomas

Local Data Requirements in Areas of High Agricultural Specialization pp. 1455-1468

E. C. Wilcox

Discussion: Agricultural Data Requirements in Extension Work pp. 1468-1470

George W. Westcott

Discussion: Local Data Requirements in Areas of High Agricultural Specialization pp. 1471-1474

J. A. Ewing

Fiscal Needs and Capacity of Connecticut TownsAn Indirect Approach to Equalization of Property-Tax Burdens Through State Grants pp. 1475-1482

Dorothy C. Goodwin

Estimating Demand for Livestock Products at the Farm Level pp. 1483-1491

Elmer W. Learn

Economic Considerations in the Design and Evaluation of Production Forecasts pp. 1492-1500

Yair Mundlak

Linear Programming—A New Approach to Interregional Competition in Dairying pp. 1501-1510

Milton M. Snodgrass

Discussion: Award-Winning Graduate Student' Contributed Papers pp. 1510-1512

Jarvis E. Miller

Discussion: Award-Winning Graduate Student' Contributed Papers pp. 1512-1515

Richard Been

Economic Considerations in Making Timber Loans pp. 1516-1526

Eli Ferguson

Financing Farm Adjustments pp. 1527-1536

Fred L. Garlock

Equity Financing in Agriculture pp. 1537-1544

Frank Miller

Discussion: Economic Considerations in Making Timber Loans pp. 1544-1547

Lawrence A. Jones

Discussion: Financing Farm Adjustments pp. 1547-1551

George K. Brinegar

Discussion: Equity Financing in Agriculture pp. 1551-1555

Aaron G. Nelson

Economic Implications of Current Transportation Policy Recommendations pp. 1556-1564

D. Philip Locklin

Salient Features of Rising Marketing Costs pp. 1565-1572

Kenneth E. Ogren

Alternate Approaches to the Marketing Margin-Farmer's Share Concept pp. 1573-1585

Frank M. Atchley

Discussion: Economic Implications of Current Transportation Policy Recommendations pp. 1585-1589

W. H. Thompson

Discussion: Salient Features of Rising Marketing costs pp. 1589-1591

Vincent I. West

Discussion: Alternate Approaches to the Marketing Margin-Farmer—s Share Concept pp. 1591-1593

R. J. Eggert

Use of Economics in Making Decisions Relating to Range Use pp. 1594-1603

John A. Hopkin

Economic Concepts in Directing and Designing Research for Programming Use of Range Resources pp. 1604-1616

Earl O. Heady

Use of Surveys in Economic Research in Forage Production for Grazing pp. 1617-1626

C. V. Plath

Discussion: Use of Economic in Making Decisions Relating to Range Use pp. 1626-1630

George S. Tolley

Discussion: Economic Concepts in Directing and Designing Research for Programming Use of Range Resources pp. 1630-1633

C. B. Baker

Discussion: Use of Surveys in Economic Research in Forage Production for Grazing pp. 1633-1635

Christoph Beringer

The Effects of Industrial Development on Tennessee Valley Agriculture, 1900–1950 pp. 1636-1649

William H. Nicholls

Price Support Programs and Interregional Competition pp. 1650-1659

Vernon L. Sorenson

Interregional Competition as Affected by Recent Developments pp. 1660-1670

Elroy Nelson

Discussion: The Effects of Industrial Development on Tennessee Valley Agriculture, 1900–1950 pp. 1670-1672

John D. Black

Discussion: Price Support Programs and Interregional Competition pp. 1673-1675

John L. Fisher

Discussion: Interregional Competition as Affected by Recent Developments pp. 1675-1678

William E. Folz

Economic Implications of California Agricultural Marketing Programs pp. 1679-1691

Sidney Hoos

Canada's Price Support Policy and Its Performance pp. 1692-1707

A. H. Turner

Shortcomings in Current Explanations of National Farm Surpluses pp. 1708-1716

Don Paarlberg

Discussion: Economic Implications of California Agricultural Marketing Programs pp. 1716-1719

Thurston M. Adams

Discussion: Canada's Price Support Policy and Its Performance pp. 1719-1722

Helen C. Farnsworth

Discussion: Shortcomings in Current Explanations of National Farm Surpluses pp. 1723-1726

George L. Mehren

Major Current Problems in Nutrition Research pp. 1727-1735

Wendell H. Griffith

Studies of the Consumption of Food and Their Uses pp. 1736-1746

Marguerite C. Burk

Some Problems Raised by the Official Estimates of American Per Capita Food Consumption pp. 1747-1762

M. K. Bennett

Discussion: Major Current Problems in Nutrition Research pp. 1762-1765

Jessie V. Coles

Discussion: Studies of the Consumption of Food and Their Uses pp. 1765-1769

A. F. Wolf

Discussion: Some Problems Raised by the Official Statistics of American Per Capita Food Consumption pp. 1769-1774

Darrell F. Fienup

The Economic Impact of Technology on Meat Packing pp. 1775-1778

K. E. Miller

The Economic Impact of Technology on Farm Commodities: The Case of Oranges pp. 1779-1784

W. G. O'Regan

The Economic Impact of Technology on Strawberries pp. 1785-1795

A. M. McDowell

Discussion: The Economic Impact of Technology on Meat Packing pp. 1795-1798

Robert E. Branson

Discussion: The Economic Impact of Technology on Farm Commodities: The Case of Oranges pp. 1798-1801

Willard D. Schutz

Discussion: The Economic Impact of Technology on Strawberries pp. 1801-1803

Robert C. Rock

Volume 38, issue 4, 1956

Economic Aspects of the Farm Woodland Enterprise pp. 901-910

John C. Redman

The Consolidation of Farming Lands in France pp. 911-922

Ronald Gatty

Estimating Enterprise Production Functions from Input-Output Data on Multiple Enterprise Farms pp. 923-930

Christoph Beringer

Predicting Hog Prices pp. 931-939

Clifton B. Cox and Patrick J. Luby

A Modified Simplex Solution for Linear Programming with Variable Capital Restrictions pp. 940-955

Wilfred Candler

Classification of Values That Serve as Motivators to Consumer Purchases pp. 956-963

M. E. John

Research on Advertising Effectiveness pp. 964-970

Charles F. Sarle

Questions for Designers of Future Water Policy pp. 971-980

Edward A. Ackerman

Short Cuts in Programming Computations pp. 981-990

James N. Boles

Teaching Economics in Colleges and Universities pp. 991-997

George K. Brinegar

An Analysis of the First Interim Report of the New House Subcommittee on Family-Size Farms pp. 998-1014

Norman F. Keiser

Outcome of Land Reform in the Republic of Korea pp. 1015-1023

Ki Hyuk Pak

Migration and Factor Adjustment in Lower Mississippi Valley Agriculture: 1940–50 pp. 1024-1042

Frank T. Bachmura

Note on Farm Tenancy and Urbanization pp. 1043-1047

Otis Dudley Duncan

The Income Position of West German Agriculture: A Review Note pp. 1048-1054

Philip Raup

Galbraith's Stinger pp. 1054-1055

Bushrod W. Allin

A Note on Demand Elasticity, Prices, and the Business Cycle pp. 1056-1057

Lawrence E. Fouraker

Computation of the R Column of the Simplex Linear Programming Worksheet pp. 1058

Horace L. Puterbaugh

United States Agriculture: Perspectives and Prospects, William H. Nicholls, Technical Director. The American Assembly, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Participants' Edition, 1955. Pp. 124 pp. 1062-1064

Ronald L. Mighell

Social Responsibility in Farm Leadership, Walter W. Wilcox, New York: Harper and Bros., 1956. Pp. xi, 188. $3.00 pp. 1064-1066

Lauren K. Soth

An International Economy, Gunnar Myrdal, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Pp. xi, 381. $6.50 pp. 1066-1068

Robert B. Schwenger

Resource Productivity, Returns to Scale, and Farm Size, edited by Earl O. Heady, Glenn L. Johnson, and Lowell S. Hardin, Ames: Iowa State College Press, 1956. Pp. xi, 208. $3.50 pp. 1068-1071

B. F. Stanton

The Terms of Trade: A European Case Study, Charles P. Kindleberger. New York: The Technology Press of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1956. Pp. xx, 382. $9.00 pp. 1071-1073

Bernard Goodman

Wirtschaftslehre des Landbaus, Handbuch der Landwirtschaft, Bd. V, 774 p. Edited by Roemer-Scheibe-Schmidt-Woermann Paul Parey, Hamburg 1954 pp. 1073-1075

Günther Weinschenck

Forest and Range Policy: Its Development in the United States, Samuel T. Dana. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1956, Pp. 455. $6.50 pp. 1075-1077

M. B. Dickerman

Policies to Combat Depression. National Bureau of Economic Research. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1956. Pp. x, 417. $8.50 pp. 1077-1079

George S. Tolley

Die Nachfrage nach Nahrungsmitteln und ihre Abhaengigkeit von Preis-und Einkommensaenderungen, Heinz Gollnick. Hamburg-berlin: Verlag Paul Parey, 1954. Pp. 110. DM 2.00 pp. 1079-1081

Werner Z. Hirsch

Volume 38, issue 3, 1956

Measurement of Substitution in Demand from Time Series Data—A Synthesis of Three Approaches pp. 711-735

Kenneth W. Meinken, Anthony S. Rojko and Gordon A. King

Functional Relationships for Irrigated Corn Response to Nitrogen pp. 736-747

Burton L. French

Reflections on Agricultural Production, Output and Supply pp. 748-762

Theodore Schultz

Isoquants, Isoclines and Economic Predictions in Dairy Production pp. 763-779

Earl O. Heady, John Schnittker, Solomon Bloom and Norman L. Jacobsen

The Average and Marginal Product of Farm Labor in Underdeveloped Economies pp. 780-791

John W. Mellor and Robert D. Stevens

Ten Years of Communist Planning in Polish Agriculture pp. 792-798

Michal I. Zawadzki

The Wholesale Commission Business in the Alabama Black Belt, 1875–1917 pp. 799-802

Glenn N. Sisk

Size of Farm and Farming Efficiency in Northeastern Nebraska pp. 803-812

Howard W. Ottoson and A. W. Epp

Nonfarm Employment Information for Rural People pp. 813-827

Eldon D. Smith

Origins and Relation to Agriculture of Industrial Workers in Kingsport, Tennessee pp. 828-836

Clopper Almon

Economics of Restoring the Productive Capacity of a Run-Down Dairy Farm pp. 837-845

R. H. Blosser

Postwar Family Expenditure Studies in Western Europe pp. 846-856

Jean Mann Due

A Nomogram for Pricing Products Whose Relative Supplies Are Fixed by the Yields from a Parent Source pp. 857-859

Norman Nybroten

Economic Influences on Livestock Numbers in New Zealand, 1920–1950 pp. 860-863

James W. Rowe

Free Choice Versus Least-Cost Mixed Rations for Hogs pp. 863-868

William G. Brown

Benefits Versus Costs of Price SupportsReply to Criticism of Anthony Y. C. Koo pp. 868

L. D. Howell

Land Tenure, Edited by Kenneth H. Parsons, Raymond J. Penn and Phillip M. Raup, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press 1956, Pp. xxiv, 739. $10.00 pp. 876-878

William O. Douglas

Can We Solve the Farm Problem? Murray R. Benedict, New York: The Twentieth Century Fund, 1955. Pp. xix, 601. $5.00 pp. 878-882

J. K. Galbraith

Experimental Design, Walter T. Federer. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955, Pp. ix, 544, 47. $11.00 pp. 882-883

Glenn L. Burrows

The Politics of Distribution, Joseph Cornwall Palamountain, Jr., Harvard Political Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1955. Pp. 270. $4.75 pp. 884-885

James A. Crutchfield

Japan—Land and Men. An Account of the Japanese Land Reform Program—1945–51, Laurence I. Hewes, Jr. Ames: Iowa State College Press. Pp. viii, 154. $4.00 pp. 885-887

William W. Lockwood

The Analysis of Family Budgets, with an application to two British Surveys conducted in 1937–39 and their detailed results, S. J. Prais and H. S. Houthakker. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1955. Pp. xx, 372. $9.00 pp. 887-888

Faith Clark

Fluid Milk Marketing, George Max Beal and Henry H. Bakken, Madison: Mimir Publishers, Inc. 1956. Pp. xii, 556. $7.50 pp. 889-891

Roland W. Bartlett

The Political Economy of American Foreign Policy—Its Concepts, Strategy, and Limits, Report of a study group sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and the National Planning Association. New York: Henry Holt and Company. Pp. xv and 414. $5.00 pp. 891-893

Oscar Zaglits

Volume 38, issue 2, 1956

Agriculture in the Nation's Economy pp. 223-237

John D. Black

Prospects for Economic Growth and Agricultural Policy pp. 238-249

Harold B. Rowe

World Food and Agricultural Potentialities pp. 250-257

Charles E. Kellogg

Soviet Agricultural Resources Reappraised pp. 258-273

Chauncy D. Harris

Soviet Agricultural Policy After Stalin: Results and Prospects pp. 274-286

Lazar Volin

Eye-Witness Appraisal of Soviet Farming, 1955 pp. 287-296

D. Johnson

Discussion: The Resources and Performance of Soviet Agriculture pp. 296-308

Otto Schiller

Introduction: Tariff Policy for the U.S.A pp. 309-315

Charles P. Kindleberger

The Escape Clause pp. 316-319

Don D. Humphrey

Role of Agriculture in a Modern U.S. Tariff Policy pp. 320-323

Lawrence Witt

Tariff Policy—Hardship Cases and Reciprocal Benefits pp. 324-328

Richard M. Bissell

Tariff Policy for the U.S.A., a Strong, Rich Country pp. 329-332

Dennis A. Fitzgerald

Canada's Interest in U.S. Tariff Policy pp. 333-335

Donald B. Marsh

Movements in the Retail Distribution of Food in the U.S pp. 336-347

Robert W. Mueller

Developments in Self-Service Food Distribution Abroad pp. 348-355

William Applebaum

Food Retailing and Economic Growth pp. 356-360

Richard H. Holton

What Concepts Are Appropriate to Consumer Price Indexes? pp. 361-368

Irving H. Siegel

The Parity Index and the Farm Expenditure Survey pp. 369-377

B. R. Stauber

BLS Consumers' Price Index and the AMS Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Family Living—A Juxtaposition pp. 378-390

Lazare Teper

Discussion: The Need for an Expanded Price Research Program pp. 390-394

Laura Mae Webb

Discussion: A Critique of Federal Statistical Series: Index of Consumer Prices pp. 394-395

H. E. Riley

Programming Farm-Nonfarm Allocation of Farm Family Resources pp. 396-407

Charles E. Bishop

Application of Programming Analysis to Corn Belt Farms pp. 408-419

Earl R. Swanson

Solving Feed Problems through Linear Programming pp. 420-429

I. Katzman

Basic Elements in the World Land Tenure Problems pp. 430-437

Kenneth H. Parsons

Report on the Land Tenure Situation in Pakistan and India pp. 438-447

Lee R. Martin

Land Tenure Problems in Southern Europe pp. 448-457

Jose Vergara

Land Tenure in Australia in Relation to Technical Advances and Closer Settlement pp. 458-464

T. H. Strong

Land Tenure in the Philippines pp. 465-474

Joe R. Motheral

The Dynamics of the Onion Market pp. 475-484

Daniel B. Suits and Susumu Koizumi

Effects of Shocks and Errors in Estimation: An Empirical Comparison pp. 485-495

George W. Ladd

Estimates of the Elasticities of Supply of Selected Agricultural Commodities pp. 496-509

Marc Nerlove

Discussion: Estimates of the Elasticities of Supply of Selected Agricultural Commodities pp. 509-512

Gordon A. King

Discussion: Estimates of Economic Relationships pp. 512

Gerhard Tintner

Minimum Labor Standards in Factory Employment in Underdeveloped Areas pp. 513-520

Elmo P. Hohman

Minimum Wages and Other Labor Standards in Small-Scale and Cottage Industries Considered in Relation to Economic Growth in Underdeveloped Countries pp. 521-528

Jeanne S. Mintz

Minimum Wages and Other Labor Standards in Agriculture Considered in Relation to Economic Growth in Underdeveloped Countries pp. 529-539

Louis J. Ducoff and Sheridan T. Maitland

Labor Standards and Wages in Agriculture in Underdeveloped Countries pp. 540-542

Egbert De Vries

Minimum Wages and Other Labor Standards Considered in Relation to Economic Growth in Underdeveloped Countries pp. 543-545

John P. Windmuller

Minimum Wages Regulation in Underdeveloped Countries pp. 546-552

J. Henry Richardson

Statistical Analysis of Supply Response in Late Spring Potatoes in California pp. 553-569

Yair Mundlak and Chester O. McCorkle

The Impact of the Choice of Model on Measurements of Economic Behavior Relationships pp. 570-583

E. J. R. Booth and George Judge

Estimating Yields and Grades of Slaughter Steers and Heifers pp. 584-596

Emil H. Jebe and Elliott S. Clifton

Marketing Extension and Competitive Structure pp. 597-602

Paul L. Farris

Weaners, Yearlings, or Twos pp. 603-606

C. W. Vrooman

A Note on Aspects of Linear Programming Technique pp. 607-612

M. M. Babbar

Errata pp. 612-613

M. M. Babbar, Gerhard Tintner and Earl O. Heady

Member Behavior and Optimal Pricing in Marketing Cooperatives pp. 613-621

Hans Ohm

More Ado about Sarles' Suppositions Regarding the Interstate Managerial Study pp. 621-622

Gleen L. Johnson

Using the Simplex Worksheet for Linear Programming pp. 622-623

J. L. Dillon and G. C. McFarlane

Agricultural Equipment Financing, Howard G. Diesslin, Occasional Paper 50 of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., New York, 1955. Pp. xvi, 95. $1.25 pp. 627-628

W. D. Toussaint

Becoming a Farm Owner, Is It More Difficult Today? Frank D. Hansing and W. L. Gibson, Jr., Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 473, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1955, Pp. 34 pp. 628-629

W. D. Toussaint

Money at Interest, Allan G. Bogue, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1955. Pp. 293. $4.00 pp. 629-632

Wm. L. Cavert

Planning for Successful Dairying in New England, Richard G. Wheeler and John D. Black, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1955. Pp. xii, 321. $5.00 pp. 632-634

G. E. Brandow

Uses of Agricultural Surpluses to Finance Economic Development in Under-developed Countries, a Pilot Study in India, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Commodity Policy Studies No. 6. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization, June 1955. Pp. v, 65. No price pp. 634-637

Don Kanel

The Agricultural Regions of the United States, Ladd Haystead and Gilbert C. Fite, Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1955. Pp. xx, 288. $4.00 pp. 637-638

Paul W. Gates

Modern Marketing Dynamics and Management, Harry W. Hepner, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1955. Pp. viii, 599, $6.00 pp. 638-640

Vernon L. Sorenson

Marketing Efficiency in Puerto Rico, John Kenneth Galbraith and Richard H. Holton in collaboration with Robert E. Branson, Jean Ruth Robinson and Carolyn Shaw Bell. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1955. Pp. xi, 204. $4.50 pp. 640-642

V. James Rhodes

Rural Industries in the Australian Economy, Ian Shannon, Melbourne: F. W. Cheshire, 1955. Pp. 150. 22s 6d pp. 642-644

Leo C. Yorke

Income of the American People, Herman P. Miller, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1955. Pp. xvi, 206. $5.50 pp. 644-647

L. John Kutish

Conducted Tour of California Agriculture August 24 to 26, 1956 pp. 704

Elizabeth Cockrill

Volume 38, issue 1, 1956

Research and Marketing Advisory Comittees pp. 1-7

Harry C. Trelogan

What Can a Research Man Say About Values? pp. 8-16

Geoffrey Shepherd

Social Security in Agriculture: A Preliminary Appraisal of Its Operation, Implications, and Emerging Problems pp. 17-29

Gene Wunderlich

How Well Do Auctions Discover the Price of Cattle? pp. 30-43

W. K. McPherson

On Consumer Grades for Foods pp. 44-61

V. James Rhodes and Elmer R. Kiehl

Economic Results of Subscalding Techniques in the Marketing of Turkeys pp. 62-67

John C. Abbott

Toward a More Meaningful Concept of Marketing Efficency pp. 68-73

R. L. Kohls

The Place of the Extension Specialist in Farm and Home Counseling pp. 74-79

Silas B. Weeks

Basic Logic in Farm and Home Planning in Extension Education pp. 80-92

Earl O. Heady

The Effect of Fixed and Variable Costs on Keeping High Producing Milk Cows in Israel pp. 93-101

Yehuda Lowe

A Partial Indifference Surface for Beef and Pork pp. 102-112

Frederick V. Waugh

Measurement of Butter Quality by Chemical and Flavor Tests pp. 113-125

Ernest Feder and Fred C. Andrews

Price Expectations, Plans, and Decision Making among Ohio Commercial Cattle Feeders pp. 126-143

James L. Athearn

Costs of Rearing and Educating Farm Children pp. 144-153

James D. Tarver

Improvement of Livestock and Grain Market Reports pp. 154-158

W. K. McPherson

Research on the Dynamics of the Farm Managerial Decision Process pp. 158-163

Charles F. Sarle

A Rejoinder pp. 163-167

Glenn L. Johnson and Joel Smith

Comments on the Rejoinder pp. 167-170

Charles F. Sarle

Professor Galbraith on Farm Policy pp. 171-173

O. C. Stine

Experiments in Farm Organization—New Possibilities for More Effective Farm Management Research pp. 174-176

John Blackmore, O. T. Osgood and Roger Woodworth

The Looseleaf Reference Book: A Suggested Extension Technique pp. 176-179

James D. Shaffer

Sex and Brand-Preference pp. 179-182

John W. Hicks

Agricultural Resources of the World, Vol. 1 of Atlas of the World's Resources, William Van Royen, New York: Prentice-Hall, for the University of Maryland, 1954. Pp. vi, 258. $10.00 pp. 188-191

Nicholas Helburn

Water: The Yearbook of Agriculture 1955, Alfred Stefferud (Ed.), Washington: The United States Department of Agriculture 1955. Pp. xiii, 751. $2.00 pp. 191-193

Raymond J. Penn

A Statistical Study of Livestock Production and Marketing. Clifford Hildreth and F. G. Jarrett, Cowles Commission for Research in Economics Monograph No. 15, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1955. Pp. xiii, 156. $4.50 pp. 193-196

Walter D. Fisher

The Agricultural Economy of the Danubian Countries, 1935–45, S. D. Zagoroff, Jeno Vegh, and Alexander D. Bilimovich, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1955. Pp. xiv, 478. $7.50 pp. 196-198

Irwin T. Sanders

Regulations Affecting the Movement and Merchandising of Milk, Marketing Research Report No. 98, U.S.D.A., A.M.S. June 1955 pp. 198-200

Elmer F. Baumer

Political Prairie Fire—The Nonpartisan League, 1915–1922, Robert L. Morlan, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1955. Pp. 408. $5.75 pp. 200-201

H. L. Walster

A Study of Saving in the United States, Volumes I and II, Raymond W. Goldsmith, Published for the National Bureau of Economic Research by the Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1955. Pp. xxx, 1138 and xxiv, 632. $30.00 (both volumes) pp. 201-204

O. H. Brownlee

Natural Resources: The Economics of Conservation, Anthony Scott, Toronto: The University of Toronto Press, 1955. Pp. ix, 184. $3.25 pp. 204-205

Mark M. Regan

American Economic Development, Herman E. Krooss, New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1955. Pp. xvi, 536. $8.00 pp. 206-208

Vernon C. Johnson

Economic History of the United States, Howard R. Smith, New York, Ronald Press, 1955. Pp. vii, 763. $6.00 pp. 208-209

Theodore Saloutos

The TVA, Gordon R. Clapp, Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1955. Pp. xiii, 206. $3.50 pp. 209-212

Stephen C. Smith

The Pricing of Cigarette Tobaccos, Elmo L. Jackson, Gainsville: University of Florida Press, 1955. Pp. xiii, 239. $3.75 paper; $4.75 cloth pp. 212-214

Vernon Ruttan

Consumer Economics, James N. Morgan, New York, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1955. Pp. viii, 440. $8.00 pp. 214-216

Norman Nybroten