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Kingdom in 1910 were valued at £189,433,000, a decrease of £2,172,000 over 1909. 

 This decrease is accounted for in part by the reduction in the price of wheat 

 and grain products imiwrted. A decrease in the number of live cattle from the 

 United States is reported, but an increase in the total imports of dead meat, 

 the majority of which was from Argentina. 



Only 427 live sheep were imported, but dressed carcasses weighed 5,406,000 

 cwt. The imports of bacon are said to be lower than at any time since 1894, 

 the chief country showing a decrease being America, where the imports have 

 decreased about 60 per cent. 



Other data are given as to diary products, grains, fruits, wool, etc. 



The course of prices at hom.e and abroad, 1890—1910, R. H. Hooker {Jour. 

 Roy. Statis. Soc, 75 {1911), No. 1, pp. 1-50, figs. 7). — A paper read before the 

 Koyal Statistical Society November 21, 1911, in which the author discusses and 

 illustrates, by means of diagrams, the system of index-numbers in showing 

 changes in the course of prices of commodities generally, data compiled by 

 several authors showing the trend of prices since 1890, and the factors which 

 have caused some marked changes in recent years. A discussion follows the 

 paper. 



Foreign crops, January, 1912, C. M. Daugheety {U. 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. 

 Statis. Circ. 28, pp. 16). — Notes and statistics regarding the area and produc- 

 tion of cotton in Egypt, 1900-1911, of si>ecifled crops in Canada, 1910-11, and 

 of cereals, hay, potatoes, etc., in Ireland, 1910-11, together with final estimates 

 of the crops of France, 1908-1910, and other data pertaining to agricultural 

 crops and live stock in foreign countries, are here presented. 



It is noted that the development of cooperation in the sale for export of cer- 

 tain animal products in Denmark has given an effectual stimulus to the growth 

 of the live stock industry, notably in the raising of swine and chickens, their 

 number having increased 77 and 107 per cent, respectively, between 1893 and 

 1909. 



Crop Reporter {U. S. Dcpt. Agr., Bur. Statis. Crop Reporter, II, {1912), No. 

 2, pp. 9-16, figs. 6). — Notes and statistics as to the number and value of live 

 stock, meat consumption per capita by countries, monthly prices of live stock 

 and wool for 1910-11, weight of live stock when marketed, poultry and bees in 

 the United States in 1910 and receipts of eggs at 7 of the leading markets, 1891- 

 1911, slaughtering and meat packing, and range of prices of agricultural prod- 

 ucts at important markets, and other data, are here presented. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Agricultural education, R. J. Huergo {La Ensenamsa Agricola. Buenos 

 Aires, 1909, pp. ISO). — This paper, presented at the first Pan-American Scien- 

 tific Congress at Santiago, Chili, on December 25, 1908, by the chief of the 

 division of agricultural instruction, gives a detailed account of the system of 

 agricultural education in Argentina, together with its rules and regulations. 



Establishment of the farm and home management school in Austria 

 {Land u. Forstw. Unterrichts Ztg., 25 {1911), No. 1, pp. 1-16). — In this article 

 a very complete account is given of the conditions leading up to the establish- 

 ment of the first farm and home management school in Austria, which was 

 opened at Otterbach, near Schilrding, in the fall of 1911, and of its buildings 

 and equipment, rules and regulations, 2-year theoretical and practical course 

 of instruction, and staff of instructors. In connection with this school is a 

 rural housekeeping school with a 1-year course of instruction. 



[Agricultural and forestry instruction in Austria] {Land u. Forstw. 

 Unterrichts Ztg., 23 {1909), No. 1-2, pp. 165 +LV I). —This report contains (1) 



