692 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Agriculture in New York: Its importance as shown by statistics, R. A. 

 1'kauson et al. (iV. y. D<'i)t. Af/r. liiil. !), pii. 186, fi(js. 22). — The (lat;i tabu- 

 lated and discussetl in this bulletin relate to the number, acreage, and value of 

 farms, the population engaged in agriculture, the kinds and value of farm 

 products raised, etc., and are largely derived from the United States census 

 of 1900. 



Farming in Canada {Rpt. Scot. Com. Agr. Canada, 1908, pp. 195, figs. 82). — 

 This is !i report of the Scottish commission on agriculture in Canada in lOOS, 

 which discusses land settlement, the different lines of agriculture and stoclv 

 raising, agricultural education and research, irrigation, cost of living, coloni- 

 zation, and other features of Canadian rural life. 



Agriculture in Sweden at the commencement of the 20th century, I'l 

 Levasskur {Rev. Econ. Internat., 7 {11)10), I, No. 1, pp. 25-63). — This article 

 summarizes an atlas-volume by Fraeuckel, which is described as the most im- 

 portant book of its kind that Sweden has published. 



It discusses the climate and soil, the condition and movement of the popula- 

 tion, the extent of territory and the amount under cultivation, crops and live 

 stock raised, its forests, and the commerce of the country. 



Exports of farm and forest products, 1906—1908 ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. 

 Statis. Bui. 77, pp. 91). — Detailed statistics of exports of farm and forest 

 products, including the countries to which consigned, are reported. In 1908 

 the value of farm products exported was $1,017,396,404, and of forest products 

 $90,362,073, these being decreases from the values for 1907 which were 

 $1,0r)4.40.^).416 and $02,948,705, respectively (E. S. R., 20. p. 690). 



Crop Reporter {U. 8. Dept. Agr.. Bur. Statis. Crop Reporter, 12 {1910). No. 

 3, pp. 17-24). — In addition to the customary information regarding the yield 

 and condition of crops in the United States and foreign countries, this number 

 gives data on the farm value and range of prices of agricultural products, the 

 coffee crop for the years 1904-1908, a statement relative to the origin, purpose, 

 and uses of the decennial census, and a reprint of Circular 31 of the Office 

 of the Secretary which is abstracted on page 638 of this issue. 



AGEICTJLTUKAL EDUCATION. 



Agricultural education: Extension work, departments of agricultural 

 education, and summer schools for teachers, R. M. Davis {El. Srliool Teacher, 

 10 {1910), No. 6, pp. ,277-286).— This is the third article in the author's series 

 on agricultural education. 



It begins with a brief notice of the work of the agricultural colleges in 

 introducing pioneer forms of extension work, such as farmers' institutes, 

 farmers' conventions, farmers' excursions to the colleges, instruction trains, 

 and demonstration farms. The earliest form of extension work through the 

 circulation of college publications is attributed to Cornell University, and the 

 most complete organization of boys' and girls' club work to Nebraska, under 

 cooperation between the state college of agriculture and the state department 

 of education. Extension work in the form of college departments of agricultural 

 education is shown to be represented in 15 States, and a number of other 

 agricultural colleges give courses in education to their students who expect to 

 teach. 



The article closes with a bibliography of books and periodicals on various 

 phases of agricultural education. 



Agricultural education for the rural districts, S. A. Knapp {Addresses and 

 Proe. Nat. Ed. Assoc., 47 {1909), pp. 954-9.59). — The author discusses the rural 

 education problem in the South as it appears to him, dwelling especially upon 



