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ties. The state government contributed toward the formation and maintenance 

 of the various societies 172,550 francs in 1898 and 7,896,450 francs in 1909. 



Notes and statistical accounts are also given showing the work of other 

 mutual agricultural insurance, credit, and cooperative societies. 



Report of the working' of cooperative credit societies in the Punjab for 

 the year ending July 31, 1911 (Rpt, Work. Coop. Credit Soc. Punjab, 1911, 

 pp. II-\-2+2+16+XII). — This report shows that the number of agricultural 

 cooperative credit societies in the province increased during the year from 706 

 to 1,092, the membership from 38,555 to 51,705, and the working capital from 

 1,581,357 to 2,856,841 rupees (from $512,360 to $825,616) (E. S. R., 25, p. 188). 



Sheep of shearing age on farms, and wool produced {Bur. of the Census 

 [U. S.] [Press Bul.^, 1911, Dec. 11, folio). — Statistics relative to sheep reported 

 on the farms of the United States as a whole and its 9 main geographical 

 divisions are reported, and summarized in the following table. 



Sheep of wool-shearing age, fleeces, value, etc., in the United States, 1900-1910. 



It is explained that the excess in the number of fleeces over that of sheep is 

 due in part to the fact that a limited number of sheep in some States are shorn 

 twice during the year, and also to the fact that a large number of animals in 

 all sections are shorn each spring before they are sold for slaughter. 



Cotton production and statistics of cotton-seed products: 1910 (Bur. of 

 the Census [U. S.] Bui. Ill, pp. 66, figs. 14). — This bulletin estimates the value 

 of the cotton crop of 1910 at $963,180,000 as compared with $812,090,000 for 

 1909, although the number of bales is only 16 per cent greater. The value of a 

 500 lb. bale, including the value of the seed, was $87.15 in 1910, as compared 

 with $50.37 for 1904 and $30.22 in 1898. The value of cotton seed has increased 

 from $13.80 per ton in 1906 to $27.40 per ton in 1910. 



The reasons assigned for the larger crops in the localities reporting them 

 for 1910 are an increased acreage encouraged by the high price of cotton, the 

 planting of improved varieties, better seed selection, and, especially, better 

 methods of cultivation. 



Other data and statistics are given as to acreage and yield in the various 

 States, average price at stated periods, the cotton production center, the cotton 

 ginned and remaining to be ginned, the world's production, the stock on hand 

 February 28, 1910, and the supply and distribution of cotton. 



Agricultural statistics of Ireland, with detailed report for the year 1910, 

 T. P. Gill (Dept. Agr. and Tech. Instr. Ireland, Agr. Statis. 1910, pp XXXIX+ 

 -/47). — This is the annual report on agricultural statistics of Ireland for the 

 year 1910 in which detailed and comparative records are presented for a period 

 of more than 50 years showing the division of land by counties and provinces ; 

 the growth of pasture land and shrinkage of crop areas devoted to the several 

 classes of crops, together with their products and average yield per acre; the 



