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clndinjr huildings : and tlio valno of l)nil(liii.t,'s. live stock, and iiuiilciiients per 

 liectare of total ari'a and \)vv hectare of cultivated area. 



Bural credit institutions: Mutual funds, P. GiLLilSRON-Dtinoux (Jiisliln- 

 tioiiN nir<ilr,<i rJr crrdit: Ics cuis.scii iinitiiellcs. [jiiif^aiiiir: /'. Fat'io, I'.HKi, iip. 

 ](!■}). — In this wDi'k the author treats in detail of tlie origin, development, and 

 aims of af,n-icultui-al credit institutions in Belgium, (iermany, Italy, France, 

 and Switzerland, with hrief notes on the present status of such organizations 

 in a few other Eurojx'an countries. 



The history of the difterent forms of mutual societies for raising and advanc- 

 ing loans to agriculturists is considered. The aim of the author is to give to 

 agricnltui-ists of Switzerland, and jiarticularly to those of the Canton de Vaud, 

 precise information concerning the hest method of organizing and dispensing 

 agricultural credit. The methods practiced in Finance are regarded as giving 

 the most favorable results. 



In a series of a])pendixes the author gives specimen by-laws of a Raiffeison 

 society, of local and district mutual agricultural credit societies of Fi*ance, and 

 of a nuituTh rural society of the Canton de Vaud. 



Crop Reporter (f/. .S^. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statif!. Crop Reporter, 8 (1906), Nos. 

 S, pp. ll-i-'i; .'i, pp. 2.'}-32 : '). pp. :33--'i0). — These numbers for July, August, 

 Jind September, 190(>, contain in addition to the usual statistics on the condition 

 of crops in the United States and foreign countries the following si»ecial articles: 

 Tobacco acreage and condition July i; 190G. by types ; exports of durum wheat, 

 1905-6; exports of farm .and forest products in 1906; adulteration of alfalfa 

 seed; alcohol production in the German Empire; imports of farm and forest 

 products in 190G ; and other topics relating to agricultural statistics. 



Agricultural statistics, 1905 (Bd. Agr. and Fishcrief< \London], Agr. Statis., 

 100.'}. pp. LXI-\-S06). — This publication contains complete returns of acreage 

 under crops and grass and number of live .stock in each county of Great Britain 

 tor the year ended June .">, 190.j. 



Statistics are also given on the value of land; returns of produce and yield 

 per acre; prices of wheat, barley, oats, bread, live stock, and other agricul- 

 tural produce: trade in live stock with Ireland; supply of cattle, sheep, and 

 pigs at certain markets; agricultural imports and exports of the United King- 

 dom; and on the weather of Great Britain. Indian, colonial, and foreign 

 agricultural returns are included and compared. 



Agricultural returns of Great Britain, 1906 (Bd. Trade .four. \Lo)ido})], 

 .')'i {1 !)')()). Vo. :)J'i. pp. .'i')'/, Jf'y.j). — A summary is given of the a.creage under 

 crops ;uid tlie nnmlier of live stock in Great Britain on June 4, 1900, in com- 

 parison with similar data for the year 1905. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Agricultural education, J. S. Stewart (Alliens, (la.: Author, 1000, pp. 7). — 

 Condensed report of an address before the (Jeorgia Educational Association, 

 Jmie L'l*. \'.»\i\. The three tests — usefulness, furnishing mental discipline, and 

 h.nving cultural value — are applied to the subject of agriculture to determini! 

 w hether it is worthy a permanent place in the curricula of schools and colleges. 

 The writer believes that it meets all of these tests and outlines a scheme for 

 agricultural schools in Georgia. 



The educational element in agriculture, J. M. Colson (South. M'orlnnan, S-i 

 iJOOi;). Vo. n. pp. .')O.)-.i(n). — An addi-ess before the Virginia State Teachers' 

 Association, in which a discussion is given of the educational value of agri- 

 <idture and a plea made for its introduction into jmblic schools. 



Agriculture {Manual and (Juidc and Course of i^itudij for the Co)iniioii Schools 



