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laborers are gradually drifting into London, and that many of them are being 

 fed by the charity organizations, 200 being reported as having been fed in one 

 night by a single organization. The anthor attributes the movement not to 

 the increased wages they receive in the city but to the long di'eury evenings in 

 the villages where there are but few or no attractions for the farm laborer. 

 Spealiing further of the agricultural laborer, the article says " unfortimately he 

 is a fish out of water In London, and soon joins the ranks of the Embanliment 

 loungers. Then when he does return, in many instances he has become unfitted 

 for steady work." 



Labor exchang'es for English, agriculturists, R. C. Teedwell {Daily Cons, 

 and Trade Rpts. [U. 8.], V, (1911), No. 213, p. 921).— It is iwinted out in this 

 report that the labor exchange as now being developed in Great Britain is a 

 national system of oflices supported by the Government through which i)eople 

 who seek work and those seeking workers may be brought together. The ex- 

 change is being developed to serve not only the urban centers but also with 

 special reference to agricultural districts. Further details of the project are 

 showai in the report. 



Annual report on the working of cooperative credit societies in the 

 Bombay Presidency (including Sind), for the year 1909-10 {Ann. Rpt. Work. 

 Coop. Credit Soc. Bombay, 1909-10, pp. 58+2, pi. 1). — This report presents a 

 detailed account of the workings of the various cooperative credit societies in 

 Bombay for 1910, showing that 40 new societies were formed, making a total 

 of 208 of which 115 are rural, and with a total membership of 15,519. P 



The American cotton system, T. S. Miller {Austin, Tex., 1909, pp. XI-\-294, 

 pis. 3). — This book presents a historical treatment of the subject of cotton 

 growing and marketing in the United States, describing the operations of the 

 cotton exchange and cotton classification, explaining how the cotton crop finds 

 a market, and illustrating some practical problems concerning the cotton grower, 

 dealer, and exporter. 



Crop production in the United States in 1910, N. Kaumanns {Mitt. Deut. 

 Landw. Gcsell., 26 {1911), No. 29, pp. 40 4-Ji08) .—Notes and data are here 

 presented showing, among other things pertaining to agriculture, the yield per 

 acre and total production of the leading crops in the United States in 1910. 



Crop Reporter {U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. 8tatis. Crop Reporter, 13 {1911), 

 No. 11, pp. 81-88). — This presents a general review of crop conditions in the 

 United States and foreign countries, statistics as to the farm value of im- 

 portant products, wheat prices in England in six centuries, cost of producing 

 potatoes in the United States, the hop movement in the United States 1902- 

 1911, causes of crop damages in 1910 and 1909, and range of prices of agri- 

 cultural products at important markets, temperature and precipitation data, 

 monthly receipts of eggs and poultry, and a discussion of bushels of weight 

 and bushels of volume. 



Foreign crops, October, 1911, C. M. Daugherty (V, 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. 

 8tatis. Circ. 25, pp. 16). — This circular ijresents statistics as to the condition of 

 wheat, I'ye, barley, oats, maslin, and other crops in the various foreign coun- 

 tries, the exports of wheat and wheat flour from Russia by countries of desti- 

 nation, 1905-1910, and other data. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Agriculture in the high school, J. Main (Pop. 8ci. Mo., 19 {1911), No. 4, 

 pp. 385-395). — This article consists of a study of the purposes of agricultural 

 instruction and, more especially, of its adjustment to other high school sub- 

 jects. Although one of the strongest arguments for the introduction of agri- 



