To introduce the subject of agricultural economics, there is, first, a series of four chapters (Part I), which deals with the specific nature of economics, agricultural economics problems and system, and some elementary price concepts. Economics of agricultural production is treated in a group of eight chapters (Part II), which includes the characteristics of modern farming, the geographic distribution of production, organization and management of individual farms, farms records, economics of soil conservation and economics of land tenure. Five chapters on marketing of farm products (Part III), it covers the nature of marketing from a functional point of view. Agricultural finance and insurance are discussed in four chapters (Part IV), nature and use of farm credits, the structure and operation of farm credit system, and the private sources of funds to the farmers. Five chapter are devoted to price policies and programs (Part V).