688 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



I'iirt 2 contains an article on The Condition of Am'icniture in Germany by 

 C. Ballocl, which gives statistics on cereal and crop ])roduction for the years 

 lS9(j to 190G, and discusses other economic topics of an agricultural nature as 

 the indebtedness of farmers, hnid transfers, agricultural organizations, etc., 

 in Germany. 



Part 3 gives general economic and agricultural statistics for 1904 and 1905 

 of the other countries of P^urope, of Japan and China, the United States, and 

 several countries in South America. 



Crop Reporter (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Stat is. Crop Reporter, 8 (1006), Xo. 8, 

 pp. ')7-6.'i : Sup., pp. 65-72). — The December number contains in addition to 

 the usual statistics on the condition of crops in the United States and foreign 

 countries the following s])ecial articles : Ocean and inland rates on grain, De- 

 cember, 1900 ; agricultural products of ^Mexico ; general hop situation ; world's 

 international trade in coffee ; the grain shortage in Russia ; the beet-sugar pro- 

 duction of Europe ; and other matters relating to agriculture. The supplement 

 contains, in addition to the annual report of the Bureau of Statistics for the 

 fiscal year 1905-0, special articles on stocks of American cheese, October 31, 

 1906 ; cotton growing in the German colonies ; acreage, production, and value 

 of the principal farm crops of the United States in 1900 ; cotton growing in 

 British Central Africa, etc. 



Agriculture in New Zealand, M. Murphy (Xeiv Zeal. Off. Yearbook 1D06, 

 pp. 37.'f-386, .7.9^^-()ii).— Statistifal data on the acreage and yields of the princi- 

 pal cereal crops, root crops, grasses, etc., for the years 1905 and 1900, in com- 

 liarison with preceding years, are I'eported and discussed. 



In a special article the author describes the climate and agricultural advan- 

 tages of New Zealand, shows the extent of land occupancy and the amount of 

 public land still available for settlement, and reviews the outlook for farming 

 in the cultivation of staple crops and the live-stock industry under New Zealand 

 conditions. The prospects for the small farmer are said to be exceptional, 

 owing to the humid climate and fertile soil of the country. 



Martinique and Guadalupe, E. Legier {La Mart'nilqne et La Giiatlaloiipe. 

 Paris: A. Chalhuiiel. 190'), pp. 1-190, map 1). — Chapters are devoted to the geog- 

 raphy, geology, climatology, and tlora of ^lartinique and Guadalupe, the prevail- 

 ing economic conditions, together with legislation relating to the sugar industry, 

 the culture, transportation, and sale of sugar cane and its profits, the production 

 of sugar and its returns, the sugar factories, the production of rum and its costs 

 and profits, the various crops of secondary importance grown in the islands, the 

 future of the sugar industry, and to agricultural statistics. 



Agricultural statistics, 1906 (Bd. Agr. and Fisheries [Loiiilrm]. Agr. Statis., 

 190(i, pp. 89). — This publicatitm contains the returns of acreage under crops, 

 grass, and fallow, and the number of live stock in each county of Great Britain 

 for the year ended Jinie 4. 1900. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Federal legislation, regulations, and rulings affecting agricultural col- 

 leges and experiment stations (['. S. Dept. Agr.. Offiee E-rpf. Sta.'i. Virc. (18, 

 pp. 21). — This circular includes the land-grant act of 1862, the act of 1866 ex- 

 tending the time within which agricultural colleges may be established, the 

 Hatch Act of 1887, the Morrill Act of 1890. the Adams Act of 1906. excerpts 

 from the act making ai)])ropiMations for the U. S. Department of Agriculture for 

 1907. and regulations and rulings of the Post-Oflice Department, Treasury De- 

 pardiK'ut, and this Department concerning these various acts. 



