I. Criticism of certain aspects of recent theorizing, 237. — II. Critical survey of some recent postwar market predictions, 240. — III. Plan for further investigation, 245. — IV. Theoretical foundation of the method used, 247. — V. Survey of statistical materials, 248. — VI. Statistical derivation of the demand function for meat, 252. — VII. Further analysis of the commodity "meat, " 259. — VIII. Poultry, eggs, dairy products, and lard, 264. — IX. Predictions of demand for animal products for 1950, 271. — Conclusions, 277.

Scope of the paper, 217.— I. Elasticities of demand usually obtained by methods which are open to two objections: the time element, 218; data are for markets, 218.— A possible way out, 219.— Data available and method to be used, 220.— II. Coefficients for various commodities, 221.— Substitution, 221.— Relation to income, 224.— III. Spread of consumption around the averages, 225.— IV. Inferences concerning the desirability of price reductions, 229.