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INDEX
Addictions, 228, 280 (n. 6)
African Americans : as farmers, 4, 19, 25,
42, 43, 47 - 48, 58, 84, 104, 126, 178,
184, 244, 275 (n. 4); employment in tur-
pentine industry, 26 ; employment of,
83 - 84 ; as wage laborers, 108
African American women, 244 ; as domes-
tic workers, 84 ; marital models, 153 ;
job opportunities for, 158
Age of operators. See Generations
Agrarian ideology and values, 5 - 8, 22, 30,
45, 78, 137, 167, 231 ; part-time farm-
ing, 95 ; homemaking, 162 ; love of
farming, 231 ; attachment to land, 232
Agrarianist ideology, 276 (n. 1)
Agribusiness, 119 ; suppliers, 63, 174, 223
Agricultural Extension Service, 90, 128,
171
Agricultural intensification. SeeCapital-
intensive farming
Agricultural sector : definition of, 2
Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva-
tion Service (ASCS), 19, 268 (n. 6), 278
(n. 8)
Agricultural studies : California, 15 ; Illi-
nois, 4, 93, 104, 247 ; Iowa, 195, 241,
247, 248, 249, 250 ; Minnesota, 195,
247, 248, 249 ; Nevada, 249 ; North
Dakota, 195, 247, 248, 249 ; Texas, 195,
247, 249 ; Wisconsin, 195, 247, 248, 249
Allotments. See Government policies and
programs
Ambitious management style. See Farm --
management
Analysis, levels of, 14
Arab oil embargo of 1972, 173
ASCS. See Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service
Auction : of land, 185 ; of equipment, 226
Bankruptcy and foreclosure : Depression
era, 40 ; crisis years, 174, 183, 184, 185,
190, 193, 202, 223, 235
Banks and banking policies, 168, 180,
225, 250
Bennett, John W., 123, 154, 202, 267 (n. 1)
Black employment. SeeAfrican Ameri-
cans : employment of
Black farmers. SeeAfrican Americans : as
farmers
Boll weevil. See Insect pests
Bookkeeping, 161
Boom years, 76, 169 - 71, 235
Bust years. See Farm -- crisis ( 1970s and
1980s)
"Buy backs, " 184, 225, 232, 279 (n. 1)
Candler, John S., 270 (n. 3)
Capital : intensification, 168, 215, 216,
217, 243 ; returns to, 215

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Publication Information: Book Title: American Dreams, Rural Realities: Family Farms in Crisis. Contributors: Peggy F. Barlett - author. Publisher: University of North Carolina Press. Place of Publication: Chapel Hill, NC. Publication Year: 1993. Page Number: 297.
    
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