884 EXPERIMENT STATION BECORD. 



are considei-ed. followinj? which are given some theoretical and practical in- 

 structions on the consTrnction of cold storage warehouses, etc., and the schemes 

 of piping and ventilation employed. Refrigerating cars as used in various 

 countries are described and the equipment necessary on shipboard is discussed 

 in considerable detail. Factories for the commercial manufacture of ice are 

 fully described, and the special equipment necessary in the refrigeration and 

 conservation of meats, vegetables, fruit, fish, eggs, etc., is dealt with in a 

 comprehensive way. An extended chapter on the utilization of low temi)era- 

 tures in the manufacture and transportation of dairy products completes the 

 book. 



RURAL ECONOMICS. 



[Agriculture, immigration, and colonization in South. Carolina], E. J. 

 Watson {Ann. Rpt. Comr. Ag?:, Com. and Immig. S. C, 3 {1906), pp. 7'>, figs. 

 12, chart 1). — This is the third report by the State commissioner of agriculture, 

 commerce, and immigration. 



The commissioner jwints out the increased value of agricultural lands and 

 discusses the agriculture of the State, the advantages of South Carolina to . 

 prospective agricultural settlers, the work of the department in the selection, 

 importation, and care of immigrants from European countries, and the present 

 status of the agricultural colonies now in oiieration in different sections of the 

 State. 



Agriculture in Italy, A. B. Butman {Daily Consular and Trade Rpts. [U. 8.], 

 1907, No. 2S12, pp. 1-3). — In addition to notes on fruit and rice culture, poultry 

 raising, and the production of other crops in Italy, this article discusses present 

 labor conditions and presents statistics on the results of cooperation among 

 farmers. At the close of 1905 the number of cooperative leagues was 982, 

 with a membersliip of 221,9i;>. 



Agricultural Algeria in 1906, L. Trabut and R. I\lAUi:s {L'Algerie Agricole 

 en 1906. Algeria: (loot., 1906, pp. 531, pis. 5, figs. 77). — This treatise describes 

 quite full.y the natural regions of Algeria, the soil, the water supply, cereal and 

 forage crops and their methods of culture, viticulture, arboriculture, culture 

 of tobacco, textiles and other industrial plants, ornamentals, vegetable culture, 

 forests, animal production, agricultural education, agricultural credit and 

 insurance, the steppes and Sahara. Detailed statistical matter is given in an 

 appendix. 



The agricultural credit banks w'ere established in Algiei's in 1901, and there 

 were in March, 1905, 25 district mutual banks with 95 affiliated local banks 

 for cooperative credit. The business transacted in 1904 was estimated at 

 2,89.'?.171 francs. 



Agricultural incomes in Switzerland, P. Van Hiervliet {Rev. Oen. Agron., 

 n. ser., 1 {1906), Ao. 12. pp. 5Ji2-5-'i-'i). — This article reviews the results of a 

 recent inquiry by the department of agriculture as to the incomes from small, 

 moderate, and extensive farming in Switzerland. 



For 1904 the average comparative net incomes were estimated as follows : 

 Small farming, 2.55 per cent ; moderate farming, operations of small, ordinary, 

 and great importance, 2.63, 3.02, and 3.77 per cent, respectively; extensive 

 farming, 3.52 per cent. The total income of farmers, including value of labor 

 and interest on invested capital, averaged in 1904 3.49 francs per day. "These 

 figures show that Swiss agriculture is not very remunerative," and it is at- 

 tributed to the increased cost of labor and other elements entering into the 

 cost of production. 



Agricultural statistics of the Canton of Bern for 1904 and 1905 {Mitt. 

 Berii. Stat is. Bur., 1906, No. 1, pp. 177). — Statistics of acreage under cultiva- 



