Biological man and social organization.--Agrarian agriculture.--The (partial) industrialization of agriculture.--Coveted land.--Who makes farm policy?--What farmers are paid for.--Price and income policy for an agrarian and industrial agriculture.--Tempting attractions of direct deficiency payment programs.--Farming's noninstinct for self-preservation.--Farmers and their markets.--Hesitancy in cooperative action.--The food reserve issue.--Denouncement.--Appendices: 1. In search of the good society.--2. Agrarianism and the American heritage.