KUEAL ECONOMICS. 



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Agricultural laborers (Bd. Trade [Gt. Brit.], Bpt. Changes in Rates of 

 Wages and Hours of Labour, 18 (1910), pp. 2Ji~21). — This report gives notes 

 aud statistics relative to tlie current rates of weelily cash wages paid to agri- 

 cultural laborers in 625 rural districts of England and Wales in 1910, together 

 with changes in the weekly rates of wages for a period of years. The num- 

 ber who received an increase in wages during 1901 is estimated at 127,565 and 

 the number receiving a decrease at 10,469. The number receiving an increase 

 in 1910 is shown to be 15,451, and the number receiving decreases 271, while 

 the number in districts where wages were reported as unaltered is shown to 

 be over 400,000. It is further noted that for every year from 1901 to 1910, 

 excepting 1905, the number of laborers affected has been smaller in districts in 

 which wages have fallen than in districts in which they have risen. 



Tariff revision and agrarian protection in Belgium, M. Lauwick {Rev. 

 Econ. Internat., 8 {1911), III, No. 2, pp. 256-282). — This article discusses the 

 necessity of tariff reform, instituting the agrarian policy in Belgium and its 

 rsults, agricultural prosperity, the rise in the price of protected foods, the 

 deficiency of Belgium cattle in meeting the domestic consumption, together with 

 some proposed reforms. 



Law for the American farmer, J. B. Green (New York, 1911, pp. 

 XVI +438). — This book presents an analyzed summary of the law as it applies 

 to the farm and farmer, giving the law as interpreted by the courts in the 

 United States in such a style as to enable the farmer to recognize readily his 

 rights and obligations in case of portended litigation. 



Ohio farm laws with business forms and business letters, W. K. WiL- 

 i.iAjrs (Colnml)iis, Ohio, 1910, rer., pp. 160). — This book presents a compilation 

 of Ohio farm laws, and business forms, business letters, etc., which are intended 

 to be of special interest to the farmer. 



Agricultural law, 1911 (N. Y. Dept. Agr. Bui. 27, 1911, pp. 965-1 07o).— This 

 is a codification of the agricultural law of New York State, including amend- 

 ments made during the legislative session of 1911. 



Swine on farms in continental United States (U. S. Bur. Census [Press 

 BuL], 1911, Nov. 9, folio). — This article, issued by the Bureau of the Census 

 November 9, 1911, shows by the following table the number of farms reporting 

 swine, together with the number and value of all swine reported on the farms 

 of the United States in 1900 and 1910 : 



Sivine on farms in continental United States, April 15, 1910, and June 1, 1900. 



Number of farms reporting 



Per cent of all farms 



Number of all swine 



Value of all swine 



Average value 



4,340,592 



68.5 



58,000,632 



398,002,878 



86.86 



1900. 



4, 335, 363 



75.6 



62,868,041 



$231,978,031 



Increase. 



Amount. Per cent 



5,229 



4,867,409 



$166,024,847 



83. 17 



71.6 

 85.9 



A decrease of 7.7 per cent is noted in the total number of swine since 1900, 

 but in spite of this the report shows a material increase in the value of all 

 swine reported, the average value per head being $3.69 in 1900 and $6.86 in 

 1910, an increa.se of S5.9 per cent. This increase is partially attributed to 

 the change in the date of enumeration, assuming the 1910 report to include a 

 much larger proportion of mature hogs and a smaller proportion of spring 

 pigs than the census of 1900. 



