The farmer in the Second World War / by Walter W. Wilcox ; foreword Oscar C. Stine.

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Foreword, v -- Preface, vii -- 1. Significance of the war for agriculture, 1 -- 2. Agriculture at the outbreak of war, 6 -- 3. Public institutions serving agriculture 1939-40, 20 -- 4. Orienting agriculture to wartime goals, 35 -- 5. Agricultural production during the war, 51 -- 6. Marketing farm products during the war, 68 -- 7. Wartime use of manpower on farms, 83 -- 8. Land use: wartime effects on soil and forest resources, 102 -- 9. Conflicts in formulating a price policy for agriculture, 116 -- 10. Price and related policies: dairy and poultry products, 135 -- 11. Price and related policies: livestock and feed, 160 -- 12. Price and related policies: fats and oils, 182 -- 13. Price and related policies: fruits and vegetables, 200 -- 14. Price and related policies: Cotton, Wool, and Tobacco, 215 -- 15. Farm price policies: an appraisal, 243 -- 16. Government management of the food supply, 264 -- 17. Technological developments affecting agriculture, 286 -- 18. Farm families and family farms, 303 -- 19. World agriculture and trade developments affecting United States Farmers, 320 -- 20. Wartime industrial expansion in relation to agriculture, 337 -- 21. The changing role of the department of agriculture, 351 -- 22. The growth of influence of farm organizations, 368 -- 23. Farmers and farm problems at the ends of world Wars I and II, 388 -- Index, 405.