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economic side of agriculture." The author calls attention to the difference in 

 division of the suhject that has taken place in Europe and the United States, 

 and points out that in the latter the agricultural colleges are developing the 

 subject of rural economy rather than that of general economics. 



The transition in agriculture, E. A. Pratt {London: John Murray, 1006, 

 pp. X+35'i, pis. 10, figs. 2). — The author shows in this volume the changes 

 vs'hicli have taken place in English agriculture during the past few years as a 

 result of the decline in cereal production in Great Britain. 



As a result of foreign comijetition, the conservative English farmer has largely 

 given up the culture of wheat and other cereals and is yielding to the advan- 

 tages of agricultural cooperation in methods of producing, collecting, shipping, 

 and marketing poultry and dairy i)roducts. vegetaliles. fruits, flowers, etc. The 

 opiKjrtunities open to the British producer along these lines are shown by the 

 fact that articles of agricultural production, the bulk of which consists of food 

 supplies, were imported into the United Kingdom in 1905 to the value of nearly 

 $1,100,000,000. The author maintains that " though in our eircumscribed limits 

 we might not be able to become absolutely self-supporting in regard to all these 

 things, we could certainly produce them for ourselves in greatly increased 

 quantity." 



The continued development of British agriculture along the lines of combina- 

 tion and improved nuirketiug conditions, the improvement of the present tenant 

 system, and the further extension of the cooperative allotment of land to factory 

 workers and others near large towns as a means of training for farm and hor- 

 ticultural work and improving their financial condition are earnestly urged 

 upon the attention of the British government, liecause they. " represent the 

 present-day hope of the British agriculturist." To this end the author con- 

 cludes that the government " should carry out a scheme for the promotion of 

 agricultural education on essentially practical lines : that experimental farms, 

 especially in connection with fruit culture, should be set up in every district 

 where they are likely to be of direct service; tliat assistance should be given in 

 the setting up of agricultural credit banks ; and that a more generous measure 

 of flnancial support should be extended to the Board of Agriculture and Fish- 

 eries with a view to enabling it to increase its powers of usefulness to the agri- 

 cultural community." 



Crop Reporter (U. 8. Dept. Afjr., Bur. Statis. Crop Reporter, vol. 8, Nos. 1, 

 pp. l-s ; 2, pp. 9-16). — These numbers for May and June contain the usual sta- 

 tistical matter on the condition of crops in the United States and foreign coun- 

 tries. Special reports are also included on the beet-sugar production of the 

 United States and Canada ; ocean freight rates on cotton ; grain crops of the 

 provinces of Alberta ;.nd SaskatchexA'an ; outlook for tobacco, 1906; world's 

 international trade in wool ; exports of cattle ; and other topics. 



Cotton production and statistics of cotton-seed products, 1905, W. M. 

 Steuakt and 1). ('. Kopek (Bur. of flic Cviisu.s \r. S.\ Bui. 'I'l. pp. 72, maps 2, 

 (Ifpn. 1). — In 1905 the total crop of cotton ginned, counting round as half bales, 

 amounted to 10,725,002 bales, of which 10,242.048 siiuare bales and 279,s:UJ round 

 bales were upland cotton, 112,539 Sea Island, and 230,497 bales linters. The 

 average production of cotton for the last 4 y(\-ivs is given as 11,3.39,323 bales, 

 or 534,767 bales more than in 19(i5. The i)roduction of cotton for several years 

 is given in tables by States and counties and cotton culture in the different 

 cotton-producing countries of the world is described. A table is also given 

 summarizing the cotton-seed iiroducts industry, showing capital invested, num- 

 ber of employees, salaries and wages, miscellaneous expenses, cost of materials, 

 and value of products, by States and Territories, for 1S90, 1900, and 1905. 



