PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE .,. OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS HELD AT ST. ANDREWS SCOTLAND 30 AUGUST TO 6 SEPTEMBER 1936 LONDON OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS HUMPHREY MILFORD 1 937 KEY OF CONFERENCE PHOTOGRAPH 1. L. K. Elrnhirst. United King- 32. H. R. Tolley. U.S.A. 63. Mrs. F. E. Geldenhuys. South 92. Miss E. C. Millar. United 121. J. Shanks. United Kingdom. dom. 33. C. E. Ladd. U.S.A. Africa. Kingdom. 122 .. M. M. Daugherty. U.:s.A. 2. M. Sering. Gennany. 34. A. Bridges. United Kingdom. 64. Mrs. J. Clyde Marquis. U.S.A. 93. Miss F. Duncan. United King- 123. H. M. Stoker. South Africa. 3. J. F. Duncan. United Kingdam. 35. F. E. Geldenhuys. SouthAfn"ca. 65. T. N. Hurd. U.S.A. dom. 124. L. DeW. Mallory. U.S.A. 4. A. W. Ashby. United Kingdom. 36. E. Lang. Germany. 66. A. B. Lewis. China. 94. Mrs. A. Hay. United Kingdom. 125. H.W. Whitby. United Kingdom. 5. H. C. Taylor. U.S.A. 37. I. Elazari-Volcani. Palestine. 67. W. M. Scott. United Kingdom. 95. A. Hay. United Kingdom. 126. 0. J. Beilby. United Kingdom. 6. W.R. Scott. United Kingdom. 38. 0. H. Larsen. Demnark. 68. E. L. Jones. United Kingdom. 96. A. L. Deering. U.S.A. 127. G. S. Dunnett. United King- 7. C. von Dietze. Germany. 39. G. Dallas. United Kingdom. 69. K. Hood. U.S.A. 97. W. Asmis. Germany. dom. 8. J.P. Maxton. United Kingdom. 40. J. R. Currie. United Kingdom. 70. P. P. Egoroff. Bulgaria. 98. M. K. Bennett. U.S.A. I 28. S. S0rensen. Denmark. 9. G. Minderhoud. Netherlands. 41. H. Urner. Germany. 71. D. Witney. United Kingdom. 99. W. Kalkman. Germany. 129. E. Kraemer. U.S.A. 10. F. Windirsch. Czechoslovakia. 42. P. R. Laird. United Kingdom. 72. J. A. Gilchrist. United Kingdom. 100. A. H. Brown. United King- 130. F. Dickinson. China. 11. W. Seedorf. Gemiany. 43. G. F. Warren. U.S.A. 73. A. D. Imper. United Kingdom. dom. 131. A. Singh. India. 12. Y. S. Molloff. Bulgaria. 44. Mrs. K. Starr. United Kingdom. 74. W. H. Senior. United Kingdom. 101. W. H. Long. United Kingdom. 132. N. S. Deleff. Bulgaria. 13. S. Schmidt. Poland. 45. Miss B. Holloway. United 75. G. P. Wibberley. United King- 102. B. von Zastrow. Germany. 133. 0. King. China. 14. C. Ihrig. Hungary. Kingdom. dom. 103. F. G. Krauss. U.S.A. 134. P. G. Minneman. U.S.A. 15. Baron Behl Malcomes. Hungary. 46. Miss P. Hooke. United King­ 76. R. Note!. Hungary. Io4 .. Graf F. von Finckenstein. 135. P. Richards. U.S.A. 16. A. Boss. U.S.A. dom. 77. H. D. Huggins. British Guiana. GermanY. 136. D. H. Dinsdale. United King- 17. Senora I. De Arland is. Spain. 47. Miss B. Mole. United Kingdom. 78. R. Henderson. United Kingdom. 105. E. Lorrain Smith. United dom. 18. F. W. von Bulow. International 48. Miss M. E. E. Waldron. United 79. Mrs. K. Munro Fraser. United Kingdom. 137. T. W. Schultz. U.S.A. Labour Office. Kingdom. Kingdom. 106. T. G. Rees. United Kingdom. 138. J. Knespl. Czechoslovakia. 19. E. Thomas. United Kingdom. 49. J. J. MacGregor. United King- 80. K. Munro Fraser. United King- 107. A. Berdal. Norway. 139. R. W. Hale. United Kingdom. 20. K. K. Skovgaard. Denmark. dom. dom. 108. W. H. Jones. United Kingdom. 140. M. C. Burritt. U.S.A. 21. J. Lewis. United Kingdom. 50. Miss M. V. M.otz. U.S.A. 81. Mrs. F. F. Hill. U.S.A. 109. C. A. Nielsen. Denmark. 141. C. G. McBride. U.S.A. 22. G. B. Bisset. United Kingdom. 51. J. L. Tennant. U.S.A. 82. F. Bucek. Czechoslovakia. Ilo. 0. Pfleiderer. Gennany, 142. E. H. Thomson. U.S.A. 23. Mrs. J. Grant. United King­ 52. Mrs. 0. H. Larsen. Demnark, 83. Mrs. E. H. Thomson. U.S.A. III. L. Drescher. Germany. 143. A. W. Palmer. U.S.A. dom. 53. M. Rolfes. Germany. 84. Miss K. Hull-Brown. United 112. A. S. Cleaver. United King­ 144. F. M. Clement. Canada. 24. J. Grant. United Kingdom. 54. L. V. Steere. U.S.A. Kingdom. dom. 145· R. S. Bans. Canada. 25. E. M. H. Lloyd. United King­ 55. G. Pavlovsky. International 85. 0. Horak. Czechoslovakia. 113. S. Taylor. United Kingdom. 146. C.R. Arnold. U.S.A. dom. Institute of Agriculture. 86. Frau 0. Horak. Czechoslovakia. 114, R. McG. Carslaw. United 147. G. B. Clarke. U.S.A. 26. Mrs. R. R. Enfield. United 56. C. C. Taylor. U.S.A. 87. Frau F. Windirsch. Czecho­ Kingdom. 148. G. I. Morris. United Kingdom. Kingdom. 57. Mrs. A. Cairns. Canada. slovakia. 115. A. Jones. United Kingdom. 149. P. J. O'Hara. United Kingdom. 27. R.R. Enfield. United Kingdom. 58. Mrs. F. A. Motz. U.S.A. 88. Mrs. G. Minderhoud. Nether­ 116, A. W. Menzies Kitchin. United 150. G. H. N. Pettit. United King- 28. D. A. E. Harkness. United 59. Mrs. L. V. Steere. U.S.A. lands. Kingdom. dom. Kingdom. 60. Miss 0. S. Wells. United 89. Miss B. Jobson. United King­ 117: B. Elazari-Volcani. Palestine. 151. Miss E. Anderson. U.S.A. 29. M. L. Wilson. U.S.A. Kingdom. dom. 118. K. A. H. Murray. United 152. H. Krause. German)'· 30. J. Coke. Canada. 61. Frau C. von Dietze. Germany. 90. Miss R. L. Cohen. United Kingdom. 153. Mrs. B. H. Hibbard. U.S.A. 31. J.E. Lattimer. Canada. 62. Frau M. Si:_ring. Germany. Kingdom. 119; J. Clyde Marquis. U.S.A. 154. B. H. Hibbard. U.S.A. 91. A. Cairns. Canada. 120. -..... Meikle. United Kingdom. 155. (The Cow Bell.) OTHERS PRESENT AT CONFERENCE R. Garcia Arias. Argentina. J. F: Lawrence. U.S.A. F. Ahlgrimm. Gemiany. E. P. Cathcart. United Kingdom. J. Orr. United Kingdom. Mrs. C. R. Arnold. U.S.A. F. F. Lininger. U.S.A. Grafin F. von Finckenstein. Ger- Mrs. J. R. Currie. United Kingdom. G. Scott Robertson. United King­ R. C. Ashby. U.S.A. F. A. Motz. U.S.A. many. J.B. Cuthill. United Kingdom. · dom. Mrs. R. C. Ashby. U.S.A. Mrs. T. W. Schultz. U.S.A. Fraulein I. Hansen. Germany. J. LI. Davies. United Kingdom. Miss Scott. United Kingdom. Miss M. E. Boss. U.S.A. Miss H. K. StiebelinJl:. U.S.A. W. Husmann. Germany. C. V. Dawe. United Kingdom. Mrs. W. H. Senior. United King­ Mrs. H. R. Tolley. U.S.A. F. Schlomer. Germany. F. S. Dennis. United Kingdom. dom. ~;..~~rii~sB~~~~·Au.s:A. L. A. Wheeler. U.S.A. W. Adair. United Kingdom. A. N. Duckham. United Kingdom. Mrs. J. Sommerville. United King­ Mrs. M. C. Burritt. U.S.A. Mrs. L.A. Wheeler. U.S.A. Mrs. A. W. Ashby. United King­ Mrs. J. F. Duncan. United King- dom. Mrs. G. B. Clarke. U.S.A. P. S. Williamson. U.S.A. dom. dom. C. Weatherill. United Kingdom. Mrs. M. M. Daugherty. U.S.A. Mrs. P. S. Williamson. U.S.A. Andrew Ashby. United Kingdom. R. B. Forrester. United Kingdom. Miss E. N. M. Weatherill. United Miss F. L. Daugherty. U.S.A. Mrs. M. L. Wilson. U.S.A. Sir Basil S. Brooke, Bart. United A. Glen. United Kingdam. Kingdom. J. N. Efferson. U.S.A. Mrs. A. B. Lewis. China. Kingdom. E. LI. Harry. United Kingdom. W. Wilkie. United Kingdom. Miss S. R. Erwin. U.S.A. F. L. McDougall. Australia. Mrs. R. McG. Carslaw. United W. E. Heath. United Kingdom. Miss Williams-Roberts. United F. F. Hill. U.S.A. G. Baptist. Belgium. Kingdom. D. W. Innes. United Kingdom. Kingdom. R. Hood. U.S.A. J. Forget. Belgium. Miss Carslaw. United Kingdom. Mrs. J.P. Maxton. United Kingdom. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS CONFERENCES First, l9Z9: Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, England. Second, 1930: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York State, U.S.A. Third, 1934: Bad Eilsen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany. Fourth, 1936: St. Andrews University, Fife, Scotland. OFFICERS President ELMHIRST, L. K., Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, England. Vice-Presidents WARREN, G. F., Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York State, U.S.A. -SERING, M., Deutsches Forschungs-Institut fiir Agrar- und Siedlungs­ wesen, Berlin-Dahlem, Luciusstrasse 9, Germany. Hon. Secretary and Treasurer .<;::uRRIE, J. R., Research Dept. (Economics), Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, England. HE International Conference of Agricultural Economists was Tinaugurated during the summer of l9z9, when fifty economists from eleven countries met for two weeks at Darrington Hall, Devon, England, on the invitation of Mr. L. K. Elmhirst. The Second Conference was held in i930 at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A., and was attended by over 300 members and visitors, twenty countries being represented. At this meeting the formal Constitu­ tion was drawn up and approved. The Third Conference held at Bad Eilsen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany, in 1934, was attended by l?Q members, 19 countries being represented. The Fourth Con­ ference was held at St. Andrews when z l 9 members and visitors attended, of whom 127 were from 21 countries outside of the United Kingdom. 510 International Conference of Agricultural E.conomists The Conference has now a total membership of 343, with Groups or Correspondents in 30 countries. Its representative character has been steadily growing since the first informal gathering in i929, until it now embraces the majority of countries where the study of agricultural economics is pursued. The object of the Conference is that of fostering development of the services of agricultural economics and of furthering the applica­ tion of the results of economic investigation of agricultural processes and agricultural organization in the improvement of economic and social conditions relating to agricultural and rural life.