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A hard look at the problems of agriculture in a growing industrial economy by the 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune. His book is a clear and authoritative call for a "new look" at farm policy, written for both the city and farm reader.

Originally published in 1957.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. vv-vii
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  1. Contents
  2. p. ix
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  1. 1. The Continuing Debate
  2. pp. 3-20
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  1. 2. The Shibboleths
  2. pp. 21-41
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  1. 3. A Sick Industry
  2. pp. 42-53
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  1. 4. All Kinds of Farms and Farmers
  2. pp. 54-65
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  1. 5. Farmers in an Industrial Economy
  2. pp. 66-77
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  1. 6. The Neglected One-Third
  2. pp. 78-94
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  1. 7. Farm Education and Progress
  2. pp. 95-110
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  1. 8. The Surplus Problem
  2. pp. 111-129
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  1. 9. Too Many Farmers
  2. pp. 130-137
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  1. 10. Price Supports
  2. pp. 138-142
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  1. 11. Helping the Market Work Better
  2. pp. 143-150
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  1. 12. Ever-Normal Granary
  2. pp. 151-160
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  1. 13. Keeping Farm Income Up
  2. pp. 161-175
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  1. 14. Farmers and World Trade
  2. pp. 176-194
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  1. 15. The Soil
  2. pp. 195-210
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  1. 16. What Is Ahead for Farmers?
  2. pp. 211-218
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  1. Index
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