396 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



business is uriiod on tlio basis of economics anil business and because it is 

 " the paramount and imi)ortant matter now before tlie country people. When 

 the farmers, orchard ists, and truck workers of this country rise and protest 

 against present conditions and demand that their interests be properly safe- 

 guarded, the commission business will be put on such a sound and honest basis 

 that it will return to the farmer a just and ndecpiate return for the product 

 that he creates." 



Adaptability of the South to the needs of homeseekers in foreign lands, 

 D. A. Wii.LKY { 'I'lailcsnidii. G2 (IDOD). Xo. .2.i, p. 35). — The outlines of a plan 

 for the establishment of a colony of Hollanders on a 1.000-acre farm in North 

 Carolina are reported. The scheme aims to make each farmer his own land- 

 lord and to give him satisfactory returns for his labor through the cooperative 

 marketing and distribution of his products. 



A new St. Helena, F. Ferkkko {Suri-cu, 2.i (190D), Xo. 6, pp. 171-180, figs. 

 S). — This article outlines the history of an Italian colonization scheme carried 

 out during the past 4 years on the swamp lands north of Wilmington, N. C, 

 where early agricultural products are grown and shipped to the New York 

 markets. The principles of cooperation are practiced to some extent in the 

 colony for the purchase of supplies, and the plan of this settlement is com- 

 mended as a means of solving the problems of the overcrowding of unskilled 

 workers in cities and the lack of farm labor in rural districts. 



An agricultural survey of Nebraska, J. E. Warren (Ann. Rpt. Nehr. Bd. 

 Agr., 1!)09. pp. 21 1-3') I. charts 2'/). — This is a compilation of information and 

 summary of observations relating to climate, run-off and evaporation, geology, 

 topography, altitude and sloi)e, drainage, irrigation, wells, soils, crops, live 

 stock, forestry products and building materials, transportation and markets, 

 population, land tenure, values, and returns, and farm management. 



A bibliography of literature relating to the subject is appended. 



[Agriculture and colonization in Canada], P. H. McKenzie et al. {Rpt. 

 Select Standing Com. Agr. and Colon. \Canada], 1907-8, pp. XI II +Jtl2).— This 

 is a detailed report by a committee of 135 members on matters pertaining to 

 the agricultural possibilities of Eastern Canada and the areas available for 

 colonization by agriculturists in the great west and northwest provinces and 

 territories, including an appendix on the immigi'ation of agriculturists into 

 Canada for a number of years. The returns show no less than 235,328 arrivals 

 for 9 months of 1907-S, as compared with 124,667 for the corresponding 9 

 months of 1906-7. 



Agricultural statistics of Ireland, with detailed report for the year 1908, 

 W'. G. S. Adams (Dcpt. Agr. and Tech. Instr. Ireland, Agr. Statis. 1908, pp. 

 XXXV-\-153). — Statistical data of crop areas and production, live stock, bee 

 keeping, forestry, and holdings and occupiers during 190S are reported. The 

 holdings numbered 601,765 as compared with 599,872 in 1907 (E. S. R., 20, p. 

 690). 



Agriculture in Dahomey, N. Savabiau (L' Agriculture au Dahomey. Paris, 

 1906, pp. 110, pis. 12, figs. Ui, maps 2). — The climate, topography, economic con- 

 ditions, and transportation facilities of the country are discussed. Native 

 implements and cultural methods are described, and the principal economic 

 plants and their production for food, fiber, and miscellaneous purposes are taken 

 up. Animal production is treated in a similar manner. 



The International Institute of Agriculture, Louis-Dop {.Jour. Agr. Prat., 

 n. ser., 18 (1909), Nos. .'f2, lip. 530-532; 1,6, pp. 656-661; 7/8, pp. 722-726; J,9, pp. 

 755-758). — This is an account by the French delegate of the origin, purposes, 

 organization, and progress of the institute, with particular reference to its eco- 

 nomic and international significance. The purposes of the institute are defined 



