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lar societies in Canada, the United States, and foreif^n conntries. A set of 

 by-laws recommended for adoption in the formation of such societies is ap- 

 pended, together with a list of cooperative fruit growers' associations in 

 Ontario in 1911. 



Rural Denmark and its lessons, H. R. Haggard (London and New York, 

 1911, pp. XI+335, pis. 16). — This book presents data gathered, by the author 

 while insi)ecting Danish farms of various sizes. In addition to many other 

 phases of rural life discussed and illustrated it treats of the following subjects: 

 Credit union banks; the state small holdings; the economic position of Danish 

 agriculture; cooperation in Denmark; societies for purchase and sale; and the 

 State and its relation to agriculture in Denmark. 



Cooperative agriculture in northern Holland, D. P. De Young (Daily 

 Cons, and Trade lipts. [U. 8.], 14 (1911), No. 20G, pp. 1010, 1011).— The report 

 shows that one of the most important features of the agricultural industry in 

 northern Holland is the tendency toward cooperation. Instead of being either 

 national or provincial in character, as the associations were 10 years ago, and 

 dealing with theoretical problems and ignoring the more vital matters of prac- 

 tical farm life, they are administering more to local needs, such as cooperative 

 buying, credit, insurance, e<lucation, and general social uplift, gradually ap- 

 proaching a state of mutual cooperation. In connection with the general 

 organizations there are numerous societies for special purposes, such as dairy- 

 ing, fertilizers, cattle breeding, farm administration, household economics, and 

 a great diversity of other problems. 



The report shows that the membership of the provincial farmers' associations 

 numbers 56,000, agricultural societies 31,500, stock growers' organizations 2,400, 

 and various rural cooperative societies 38,000. The value of the goods pur- 

 chased by these societies in 1907 was $7,477,200, as compared with $4,776,102 

 in 1904. In the last decade the increase in agricultural products in this section 

 has been about 75 per cent, attributed largely to the system of cooperation. 



The banker and the farmer (Wallaces' Farmer, 36 (1911), No. 24, p. 

 938). — This article calls attention to the increased interest in farming mani- 

 fested by bankers, showing that the bankers of the central West have inter- 

 ested themselves in promoting corn contests, short courses, institutes, and other 

 activities w^hich tend to raise the grade of farming. As an illustration is cited 

 the recent proposition by the Jersey State Bank, Jersey, 111., which proposes 

 to loan any farmer as much as $3,000 on approved notes without interest, until 

 after the harvest of 1912 for the purchase of commercial fertilizers or ground 

 limestone to be used on wheat ground this fall. 



[Bural economics — discussions] (N. Y* Dept. Agr. Bui. 23, pp. 261-473). — 

 This bulletin gives the proceedings of the seventy-first annual meeting of the 

 New York State Agricultural Society. Among the papers are the following : 

 Feeding Our People of the Future, by N. P. Hull ; The Development of Our 

 Agricultural Resources and the Relation Between this Problem and the Cost 

 of Living, by R. A. Pearson; Relation of Railroad Rates to the Prices of Farm 

 Products, by Ira Shoemaker ; and Farmers' and Consumers' Prices of Farm 

 Products, by. George K. Holmes. A report of the committee on the marketing 

 and transportation of agricultural products and a general discussion of this 

 topic are also included. 



Crop Reporter (U. S. Dcpt. Agr., Bur. Statis. Crop Reporter, 13 (1911), Nos. 

 7, pp. 49-56; S, pp. 57-64, figs. 2; 9, pp. 65-72, figs. 2).— Notes and statistics are 

 given on the condition of crops in the United States and foreign countries, a 

 comparison of conditions at corresponding periods for a number of years, farm 

 values and range of prices of agricultural products in the United States, monthly 



