G88 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Irish agricultural laborers, 1910-11, T. Butler {Dept. Agr. and Tech. 

 Instr. Ireland, Agr. Statis. 1910-11, pp 37). — Notes and statistics relating to 

 the Irish migi'atory agricultural laborers in 1910 and also to the wages of 

 agricultural laborers in Ireland in 1910-11 are here presented. 



The number of such laborers who go to England and Scotland each year for 

 temporary euiployuient is shown to be steadily decreasing, being 18,500 in 1910, 

 as compared with 20,500 in 1909, and 22,500 in 1908. Out of 10.225 migratory 

 laborers in 1910 about whom information was obtained, 7,789 did not hold any 

 land, 2,153 had holdings of over 5 acres, and 283 had holdings not exceeding 5 

 acres. Of the landless migratory laborers 5,957 were sons and daughters of 

 farmers and worked on the farm when at home. 



The agricultural obligation of the South, James Wilson et al. (Proc. Ann. 

 Conv. South. Com. Cong., 3 {1911), pp. 396-489). — ^Addresses delivered at the 

 Southeriji Commercial Congress, Atlanta, Ga., in March, 1911, are presented. 

 That of the Secretary of Agriculture points out the agricultural possibilities 

 of the South and the progress made within the last few years by the assistance 

 of this Department. Other speakers discussed agricultural industries of the 

 South, the dependence of agricultural life upon conservation of the soil, the 

 South's rainfall and temperature in relation to southern agricultural monopo- 

 lies, the cereals of the South, and diversification in southern agriculture. 



Prosperous Georgia: The ideal home for all classes, J. T. Derby and R. F. 

 Wright [Bui. Ga. Dept. Agr., 1910, No. 52-B, pp. 218, pis. 20).— In addition to 

 a description of farm land in Georgia by counties, with prices, this bulletin 

 presents statistics as to acreage and production of cotton in the State by 

 counties from 1790 to 1910 ; statistics of other agricultural products from 1899 

 to 1910; and a comparative summary as to the yield and value of the leading 

 crops for 1909. 



[Agricultural statistics and chattel mortgages in Province of Ontario], 

 J, S. Duff {Ann. Rpt. Bur. Indus. Ontario, 1910, pp. ^7). — This report presents 

 statistics as to assessed rural areas, field crops, ratio of areas under each 

 crop, market prices, live stock, wool, values of farm property, chattel mort- 

 gages, etc. 



The chattel mortgages against all occupations to secure existing debts in 

 1910 numbered 12,490 amounting to $31,108,900, while those agaiust farmers 

 numbered 6.1 9G amounting to $2,658,283. 



Agricultural statistics, 1911, R. H. Rew {Ed. Agr. and Fisheries [London], 

 Agr. Statis., 46 {1911), No. 1, p-p. 91, fig. 1). — Notes and statistics are here 

 given showing that during the last 10 years in Great Britain 378,000 acres, of 

 which 323,000 were under cultivation, have been withdrawn from farming and 

 devoted to some other use. It is suggested that while this deci-ease in the 

 farming area may represent the gradual abandonment under economic pressure 

 of the least profitable portion of the land, broadly speaking it is to be attributed 

 mainly to the extension of towns and the demand for more land for residen- 

 tial, manufacturing, and other purposes. According to the preliminary report 

 on the 1911 census, urban areas in England and Wales alone showed an increase 

 of 166,710 acres since 1901. 



An increase in the number of small holdings from 1 to 50 acres is noted 

 from 288,802 in 1910 to 292,488 in 1911. The total number of holdings is shown 

 to be 513,259, of which 60,217 are ovmed by their occupiers. Of the latter 

 number 43,239 are classed as small holdings. 



Other data are given as to acreaige yield, etc., of the crops, live stock, value 

 of land, etc. 



Imports of agricultural produce in 1910, edited by W. Broomhall {Country 

 Gent. Estate Book, 1911, pp. 309, 310).— The foodstuffs imported into the United 



