American Journal of Agricultural Economics

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Volume 14, issue 4, 1932

The Opportunity Cost Basis of the Substitution Method in Farm Management pp. 541-557

M. R. Benedict

The British Agricultural Marketing Act pp. 558-573

H. J. Wadleigh

An American Pioneer in International Agriculture pp. 574-585

Asher Hobson

Potential Supply Areas of Pacific Coast Markets for Hogs pp. 586-598

Edward A. Duddy and David A. Revzan

Probable Effects of a Duty on Philippine Sugar pp. 599-604

R. I. Nowell

The Farm Mortgage Situation with Special Reference to the Eleven Western States pp. 605-614

R. L. Adams

Long-Term Farm Credit in a Depression pp. 615-629

David L. Wickens

The Wholesale Poultry Business in San Francisco pp. 630-639

E. T. Grether

Diminishing Returns in View of Progress in Agricultural Production pp. 640-649

Theodore Schultz

The Burden of Increased Costs of Distribution pp. 650-661

Geoffrey Shepherd

Local Land-Utilization Studies in Relation to Problems of Rural Economic Organization pp. 662-678

C. F. Clayton

Notes pp. 679-700

R. H. Allen, William G. Murray, Gordon H. Ward, O. M. Johnson, L. H. Hauter, L. F. Garey, George S. Wehrwein, David L. Wickens, R. W. Cox and P. E. Quintus

Problems in Using County Records in Farm Mortgage Research pp. 681-682

William G. Murray

Marketing Virginia Farm Flock Eggs on a Graded Basis pp. 683-685

Gordon H. Ward

Changes in Farm Tenancy During Fifty Years pp. 685-687

O. M. Johnson

Correct Accounting Principles in Connection with the Payment of Construction Costs on Federal Irrigation Projects pp. 687-690

L. H. Hauter

Some Problems in Studying Farm Expenses pp. 690-692

L. F. Garey

The California State Water Plan pp. 692-695

George S. Wehrwein

Volume of Farm Mortgage Indebtedness pp. 696-697

David L. Wickens

Minnesota Farmers' Response to Price Relationships in the Production of Selected Crops pp. 697-700

R. W. Cox and P. E. Quintus

Research in Farm Management: Scope and Method, by J. D. Black, Editor. New York: Social Science Research Council. 1932. 322 pp. $1.00 pp. 701-702

M. K. Bennett

The Canadian Grain Trade, by D. A. MacGibbon. Toronto: Macmillan Co. 1932. 503 pp. $4.00 pp. 702-705

H. C. Grant

Farm Management in South Africa, by E. Sewell Dawson. Johannesburg: Central News Agency, Ltd., 1931. 336 pp. 22/6 pp. 705-707

R. L. Adams

Siam: Rural Economic Survey 1930–31, by Carl C. Zimmerman. The Bangkok Times Press, Ltd., Bangkok, Siam. 1931. 321+viii pp pp. 707-710

Edmund de S. Brunner

The Rural Community, by Dwight Sanderson, Boston: Ginn and Co., 1932. ix, 723 pp. $4.40 pp. 710-712

C. E. Lively

The Agricultural Situation in 1930–31. Geneva: The International Institute of Agriculture. 1932. 426 pp. 25 liras pp. 712-713

Asher Hobson

The Geography of the Mediterranean Region; Its Relation to Ancient History, by Ellen Churchill Semple. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1931. 737 pp. $4.00 pp. 713-714

Everett E. Edwards

The Great Plains, by Walter Prescott Webb. Boston: Ginn and Co., 1931. 525 pp. $4.00 pp. 714-715

Everett E. Edwards

Economic Policy for American Agriculture, Edward A. Duddy, Editor. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1932. xi, 150 pp. $2.50 pp. 715-723

George M. Peterson

Die deutsche Landwirtschaft unter volks-und weltwirtschaftlichen Gesichtspunkten. (Agriculture in Germany from a national and a world point of view.) Dargestellt unter Verwertung und Ergaenzung der Arbeiten des Ausschusses zur Untersuchung der Erzeugungs- und Absatzbedingungen der deutschen Wirtschaft in Gemeinschaft mit zahlreichen Fachgenossen, by Max Sering, Direktor des Deutschen Forschungsinstituts für Agrar- und Siedlungswesen/Abteilung Berlin, in "Berichte über Landwirtschaft," Sonderheft 50 pp. 723-728

Leo Drescher

Narodnoie Khosiaistvo. S.S.S.R. Statisticheski Spravochnik, 1932. Social Economy of the U.S.S.R. Statistical Abstract, 1932. 670 pages. Moscow: Published by the Soviet Central Board of Control pp. 728

G. N. Silvermaster

Planovoie Khosiaistvo. Planned Economy. A monthly economic Journal of the Soviet Gosplan. Published by the State Supreme Economic Planning Commission of the U.S.S.R. Moscow. 16 roubles ($8) per year pp. 728-730

G. N. Silvermaster

The Valuation of Vacant Land in Suburban Areas, by Herbert D. Simpson and John E. Burton. Chicago: The Institute for Economic Research, 1931, 56 pp. $1.00 pp. 730-732

C. I. Hendrickson

The Effect of a Property Tax Off-Set Under an Income Tax, by H. D. Simpson. The Institute for Economic Research, Northwestern University, Research Monograph No. 3. 1932. 55 pp. $1.00 pp. 732-733

M. R. Benedict

Volume 14, issue 3, 1932

A Study of the Demand for Eggs in Selected Chain Stores of Metropolitan New York, 1929 pp. 373-383

Warren C. Waite

The Opportunity Cost Basis of the Substitution Method in Farm Management pp. 384-405

M. R. Benedict

Readjustment in Organization for Production in View of the Outlook for Agriculture pp. 406-428

C. L. Holmes

Readjustment for Southern Agriculture in View of the Outlook pp. 429-432

G. W. Forster

Readjustments in Organization in View of the Outlook for Agriculture in the Corn Belt pp. 433-441

H. C. M. Case

Readjustments in Organization in the Northern Great Plains Area in View of the Outlook for Agriculture pp. 442-446

Sherman E. Johnson

Readjustments in Farm Organization in New England pp. 447-452

H. C. Woodworth

Interpretation of the 1930 Census of Livestock on Farms pp. 453-469

C. L. Harlan

A Study of the Human Factor in Farm Management pp. 470-479

George A. Pond and Walter W. Wilcox

Farm Tax Revision by Recent State Legislatures pp. 480-488

Bushrod W. Allin and Donald Jackson

The National conference and Committees on Land Utilization pp. 489-491

L. C. Gray

Prices, Purchasing Power, and Value pp. 491-493

Geoffrey Shepherd

The Synthetic Method and the Principle of Comparative Advantage in Land Utilization and Farm Management Studies pp. 493-495

Paul A. Eke

What is an Agricultural Clearing House? pp. 495-497

Erich Kraemer

Period of Tenure and Shifts of Delaware Tenant Farmers pp. 497-500

R. O. Bausman

European Competition in Agricultural Production pp. 500-502

Louis G. Connor

The Populist Revolt: A History of the Farmers' Alliance and the Peoples' Party, by John D. Hicks. Saint Paul: University of Minnesota Press, 1931, 473 pp. $4.00 pp. 503-504

Benjamin Horace Hibbard

Land and Life: The Economic National Policy for Agriculture, by Viscount Astor and Keith A. H. Murray. Introduction by Sir William Beach Thomas. London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd. 1932. 192 pp. 5/ net pp. 504-506

George M. Peterson

The Corn and Hog Surplus of the Corn Belt, by Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor. Stanford University: The Food Research Institute. 1932. 658 pp. $4.50 pp. 506-511

H. A. Wallace

The Plight of Cigarette Tobacco, by T. J. Woofter, Jr. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 1931. pp. xi, 99. $1.00 pp. 511-512

Joseph G. Knapp

Recueil de statistiques basées sur les données de la comptabilité agricole pour 1927–28. ("Summary of statistics based on the returns from farm accounting for 1927–28.") International Institute of Agriculture pp. 512-513

S. W. Mendum

The Marketing of Wool, by A. F. Du Plessis. London: Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1931. 331 pp. $3.75 pp. 513-514

M. R. Benedict

The Introduction of Farm Machinery in Its Relation to the Productivity of Labor in the Agriculture of the United States During the Nineteenth Century, by Leo Rogin. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1931. 260 pp., illus. (University of California Publication in Economics, vol. 9) pp. 514-515

Everett E. Edwards

Federal and State Tax Systems. Third Ed. 1932, by the Tax Research Foundation. Prepared under direction of the New York Tax Commission. $10.00 pp. 515-516

B. H. Hibbard

The Provision of Credit with Special Reference to Agriculture, by H. Belshaw. Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons, Ltd., 1931, 314 pp. 10s 6d pp. 516-517

Norman J. Wall

Die Zweckmässigen Betriebsgrössen in der Landwirtschaft der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Maisbauzone. ("The suitable sizes of farms in the United States of America with special reference to the corn belt") by Dr. Siegfried von Ciriacy-Wantrup, in "Berichte über Landwirtschaft,", 51. Sonderheft pp. 517-518

H. H. Stippler

Die Anbauzonen des Weizens in den Vereinigten Staaten und die Methodik ihrer kartenmässigen Darstellung. ("The Zones of Wheat Production in the United States and the Method of their Presentation by Maps"), by Dr. Werner Ludewig, Diplomlandwirt, in "Berichte über Landwirtschaft" 53 pp. 519-522

H. H. Stippler

Die Agrarkrise in den Vereinigten Staaten, ("The Agricultural Crisis in the United States") by Julian Gumperz. Veroeffentlichungen der Frankfurter Gesellschaft fuer Konjunkturforschung, Neue Folge Heft 2. Leipzig: Hans Buske Verlag. 1931. pp. xii, 182. RM. 11 pp. 522-524

Erich Kraemer

Soil, Its Influence on the History of the United States, by Archer Butler Hulbert. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930. 227 pp. $2.50 pp. 524-525

George S. Wehrwein

Agriculture, Climate and Population of the Prairie Provinces of Canada: A Statistical Atlas Showing Past Development and Present Conditions, by W. Burton Hurd and T. W. Grindley. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1931. 102 pp. 50 cents pp. 525-526

O. E. Baker

The Surplus Farmer, by Bernhard Ostrolenk. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1932. pp. xvii, 135. $1.50 pp. 527-528

H. J. Wadleigh

Rural Banking Reform, by Charles Wallace Collins. New York: The Macmillan Company. 1932. pp. vi, 187. $2.00 pp. 528-530

Arthur W. Marget

Marketing Agricultural Products in the U.S., by Fred E. Clark and L. H. D. Weld. New York: Macmillan Co. 1932. 672 pp. $4.25 pp. 530-535

Paul L. Miller

Volume 14, issue 2, 1932

The Shifting Demand for Selected Agricultural Commodities, 1875–1929 pp. 201-227

Henry Schultz

The Effect of a Business Depression on the Demand for Livestock Products and the Outlook for These Products pp. 228-238

Warren C. Waite

Indications of Changes in the Demand for Agricultural Products pp. 239-256

E. J. Working

Indications of Changes in the Demand for Agricultural Products: Discussion by Wassily Leontief pp. 256

Wassily Leontief

International Relations and Financial Conditions in Foreign Countries Affecting the Demand for American Agricultural Products pp. 257-265

Leo Pasvolsky

International Relations and Financial Conditions in Foreign Countries Affecting the Demand for American Agricultural Products: Discussion by G. C. Haas pp. 265-266

G. C. Haas

European Competition in Agricultural Production, With Special Reference to Russia pp. 267-281

Mordecai Ezekiel

European Competition in Agricultural Production, With Special Reference to Russia: Discussion by L. A. Wheeler pp. 281-283

L. A. Wheeler

The Wheat Problem in U.S.S.R pp. 284-294

V. P. Timoshenko

The Concept of Marginal Land pp. 295-310

G. M. Peterson and J. K. Galbraith

Effects on American Agriculture of a Duty on Philippine Coconut Oil and Copra pp. 311-318

Philip G. Wright

Forecasting the Yield of Winter Wheat Seven Months Prior to Harvest pp. 319-330

Homer J. Henney

Trends in Machinery Cost and Wages Paid to Farm Labor pp. 331-335

C. M. Purves

Experiments in the Use of Large-Scale Machinery under Montana Conditions pp. 336-340

E. A. Starch

Research in Farm Equipment Costs pp. 341-344

W. A. Minor

Layout as Related to Efficiency in the Use of Labor pp. 345-350

J. E. McCord

Study of Labor Saving Methods and Technique on Vegetable Farms in Massachusetts pp. 351-352

Rollin H. Barrett

A Method of Prorating Costs Between Main Products and By-Products pp. 353-354

J. M. Tinley

Agricultural Cooperation Among the Germans of Czechoslovakia pp. 354-355

S. Borodaewsky

The Indebtedness of Agriculture in Czechoslovakia pp. 355

S. Borodaewsky

Difficulties in Bulgarian Farming pp. 355-358

N. V. Dolinsky

An Application of "Movement Theory" in the Behavior of Prices to Corn Prices pp. 358-361

R. M. Green

Economic Stabilization in an Unbalanced World, by Alvin Harvey Hansen. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. 1932. pp. ix, 384. $3.00 pp. 363-366

E. T. Grether

Wheat, by W. W. Swanson and P. C. Armstrong. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd. 1930. 320 pp. $3.00 pp. 366-368

Holbrook Working

Making Farms Pay, by Cornelius J. Claassen. New York: Macmillan and Company. 1931. pp. xvi, 126. $2.00 pp. 366

W. E. Grimes

News Items pp. 369-372

Asher Hobson

Volume 14, issue 1, 1932

William Jasper Spillman 1863–1931First President of the American Farm Management Association pp. 1

T. N. Carver, H. C. Taylor and G. F. Warren

The Origin and Development of Farm Economics in the United States pp. 2-9

G. F. Warren

The Origin and Development of the Office of Farm Management in the U. S. Department of Agriculture pp. 10-16

E. H. Thomson

The Origin of Farm Economics Extension pp. 17-22

C. B. Smith

The Future of the General Price Level pp. 23-46

G. F. Warren and F. A. Pearson

The Future of the General Price Level: Discussion By M. A. Copeland pp. 46-51

M. A. Copeland

The Future of the General Price Level: Discussion By M. R. Benedict pp. 51-58

M. R. Benedict

The Business Cycle and Its Relation to Agriculture pp. 59-67

Alvin H. Hansen

The Business Cycle and Its Relation to Agriculture: Discussion By R. M. Green pp. 67-68

R. M. Green

Certain Aspects of the Outlook for American Agriculture during the Next Ten Years pp. 69-80

W. E. Grimes

Certain Aspects of the Outlook for American Agriculture during the Next Ten Years: Discussion By Lawrence Myers pp. 80-82

Lawrence Myers

Adjustments in Agricultural Production under the Assumption of a Lower General Price Level and Reduced Foreign Demand for Agricultural Products during the Next Ten Years pp. 83-92

A. G. Black

Adjustments in Agricultural Production under the Assumption of a Lower General Price Level and Reduced Foreign Demand for Agricultural Products during the Next Ten Years: Discussion By I. G. Davis pp. 92-93

I. G. Davis

Adjustments Necessary in Taxation in View of the Possibility of a Lower General Price Level pp. 94-105

Eric Englund

Adjustments Necessary in Taxation in View of the Possibility of a Lower General Price Level: Discussion By M. Slade Kendrick pp. 105-107

M. Slade Kendrick

Adjustments in Credit pp. 108-116

Norman J. Wall

Adjustments in Credit: Discussion By F. F. Hill pp. 116-118

F. F. Hill

The Human Factor from the Viewpoint of Farm Management pp. 119-127

W. W. Wilcox

The Human Factor from the Viewpoint of Social Relations pp. 128-137

T. B. Manny

Agricultural Credit and the Economic Organization pp. 138-151

Norman J. Wall

Land Utilization in Siam pp. 152-153

Carle C. Zimmerman

Suggestion on Depreciation from Bohm Bawerk pp. 154-156

L. H. Hauter

A Comparison of Prices of Hogs Arriving by Truck and by Rail at South St. Paul pp. 156-157

E. C. Johnson

The Use of a "Closed" Base Contrasted to an "Open" Base in the Basic Surplus Plan for Controlling the Production of Milk pp. 157-159

Roland W. Bartlett

The Agricultural Output of the Irish Free State pp. 160-162

John O'Donovan

Research in Agricultural Land Utilization, J. D. Black, Editor. New York: Social Science Research Council. 1931. 201 pp. 75 cents pp. 164-165

S. W. Shear

Research in Agricultural Credit, by J. D. Black. New York: Social Science Research Council. 1931. 158 pp. 75 cents pp. 165-166

G. W. Dowrie

Rural Vermont: A Program for the Future, by 200 Vermonters. Burlington, Vermont: Vermont Commission on Country Life, 1931. 385 pp. $1.50 pp. 166-168

I. G. Davis

Essays on Research in the Social Sciences, papers presented in a general seminar conducted by the Committee on Training of the Brookings Institution, 1930–1931. Washington: The Brookings Institution, 1931. 194 pp. $2.00 pp. 168-170

M. R. Benedict

Concentration of Control in American Industry, by Harry W. Laidler. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1931. 518 pp. $3.75 pp. 171-173

M. Slade Kendrick

Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Literatur der Landwirtschaft, eine Viertejahrsschrift. XXX Jahrgang, Heft 2/3. (The Yearbook of the German Society for Agricultural History and Literature, Quarterly, Vol. XXX, Part 2/3) pp. 173

Karl Vogt

La Distribuzione del reddito nell' Agricoltura Italiana. (The distribution of Social Income in Italian Agriculture), by Giuseppe Tassinari: Piacenza, Federazione Italiana dei Consorzi Agrari, 1931. 299 pp. L. 45 pp. 174-175

Sigmund v. Frauendorfer

Agricultural Marketing, by Henry F. Holtzclaw. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1931. 429 pp. $3.00 pp. 175-176

E. A. Stokdyk

Agriculture and the Business Cycle Since 1920: A Study in the Post-War Disparity of Prices, by Clarence Alton Wiley. Madison: University of Wisconsin studies in the social sciences and history. No. 15, 1930. 237 pp. $1.25 pp. 176-179

Oris V. Wells

Der Realkredit der Deutschen Landwirtschaft (Mortgage Credit in German Agriculture), by W. M. Frhr. von Bissing: Berlin and Leipzig, Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1930, 232 pp., RM. 9 pp. 179-181

Erich Kraemer

Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Law, by C. K. Bullard. Austin, Texas: Gammel's Book Store, Inc., 1931. 473 pp. $7.50 pp. 179

Albert C. Agnew