American Journal of Agricultural Economics: Vol 38, No 2

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Proceedings Papers: Joint Meetings of the American Farm Economic Association and Other Associations

Agriculture in the Nation's Economy

Prospects for Economic Growth and Agricultural Policy

World Food and Agricultural Potentialities

The Resources and Performance of Soviet Agriculture

Soviet Agricultural Resources Reappraised

Soviet Agricultural Policy After Stalin: Results and Prospects

Eye-Witness Appraisal of Soviet Farming, 1955

Discussion: The Resources and Performance of Soviet Agriculture

Tariff Policy for the U.S.A., A Strong, Rich Country

Introduction: Tariff Policy for the U.S.A.

The Escape Clause

Role of Agriculture in a Modern U.S. Tariff Policy

Tariff Policy—Hardship Cases and Reciprocal Benefits

Tariff Policy for the U.S.A., a Strong, Rich Country

Canada's Interest in U.S. Tariff Policy

The Dynamics of Food Retailing

Movements in the Retail Distribution of Food in the U.S.

Developments in Self-Service Food Distribution Abroad

Food Retailing and Economic Growth

A Critique of Federal Statistical Series: Index of Consumer Prices

What Concepts Are Appropriate to Consumer Price Indexes?

The Parity Index and the Farm Expenditure Survey

BLS Consumers' Price Index and the AMS Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Family Living—A Juxtaposition

Discussion: The Need for an Expanded Price Research Program

Discussion: A Critique of Federal Statistical Series: Index of Consumer Prices

Application of Mathematical Programming to Agricultural Economic Problems

Programming Farm-Nonfarm Allocation of Farm Family Resources

Application of Programming Analysis to Corn Belt Farms

Solving Feed Problems through Linear Programming

Land Tenure Situation around the World

Basic Elements in the World Land Tenure Problems

Report on the Land Tenure Situation in Pakistan and India

Land Tenure Problems in Southern Europe

Land Tenure in Australia in Relation to Technical Advances and Closer Settlement

Land Tenure in the Philippines

Estimation of Economic Relationships

The Dynamics of the Onion Market

Effects of Shocks and Errors in Estimation: An Empirical Comparison

Estimates of the Elasticities of Supply of Selected Agricultural Commodities

Discussion: Estimates of the Elasticities of Supply of Selected Agricultural Commodities

Discussion: Estimates of Economic Relationships

Minimum Wages and Other Labor Standards Considered in Relation to Economic Growth in Underdeveloped Countries

Minimum Labor Standards in Factory Employment in Underdeveloped Areas

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

Minimum Wages and Other Labor Standards in Agriculture Considered in Relation to Economic Growth in Underdeveloped Countries

Labor Standards and Wages in Agriculture in Underdeveloped Countries

Minimum Wages and Other Labor Standards Considered in Relation to Economic Growth in Underdeveloped Countries

Minimum Wages Regulation in Underdeveloped Countries

Contributed Papers

Statistical Analysis of Supply Response in Late Spring Potatoes in California

The Impact of the Choice of Model on Measurements of Economic Behavior Relationships

Estimating Yields and Grades of Slaughter Steers and Heifers

Marketing Extension and Competitive Structure

Weaners, Yearlings, or Twos

Notes

A Note on Aspects of Linear Programming Technique

Errata

Errata

Notes

Member Behavior and Optimal Pricing in Marketing Cooperatives

More Ado about Sarles' Suppositions Regarding the Interstate Managerial Study

Using the Simplex Worksheet for Linear Programming

Publications Received

Publications Received

Book Reviews

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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