1090 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECORD. 



the option of the borrower. The improvement of holdings under the present 

 law as a means of affording employment to persons out of work in commercial 

 centers is urged upon the agricultural i)roperty holders of Western Australia. 



Report of the departmental committee on small holdings in Great Britain, 

 Earl of Onslow et al. (London: Govt., 1900, pts. 1, pp. Ill -\-Gl: 2, pp. 

 VIII -{- oJi2). — Part 1 contains the report of the committee with recommenda- 

 tions, and part 2 the minutes of evidence and 27 appendixes relating to agricul- 

 tural holdings iu Great Britain and other countries. The recommendations of 

 the committee have been noted from another source (E. S. R., 18, p. 885). ■ 



Agriculture in Japan, E. Thery (Econ. Eiiropecii. 31 {1901), 'So. 193, pp. 

 3.j9-361). — This is a discussion of the present condition of agriculture iu Japan, 

 the improvement that has taken place since 189.3, and the interest taken by the 

 government in promoting agriculture by means of exjieriment stations, agricul- 

 tural credit banks, and coopert^tive societies. 



Statistics are given relating to the production and exportation of camphor and 

 lacquer, the number of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, and pigs, the extent of the 

 fish and silk industries, and the use of commercial fertilizers. More than GO 

 per cent of the ^jopulation of Japan are engaged in agricultural pursuits, and in 

 1900 3,.S38.(i(iO were engaged in the fish industry. A large quantity of fish is 

 used as fertilizer, but latterly large importations of commercial fertilizers from 

 the United States. .Chile, and England are being utilized. The value of these 

 imports in 19(>.~) was r)7,195,r).")2 francs. The wages of farm help have increased 

 70 ]ier cent since 189."). 



Agricultural production in Japan, R. Gonnard (Rcr. Econ. Iiilcrnat., 2 

 (1901). Xo. 1, pp. 136-162). — An article similar in scope to the above, but with 

 more detailed discussion of the extent of cultivated and uncultivated land, for- 

 ests, food and industrial products, stock raising, fishing and fish culture, and 

 particularly the extent of recent legislation in behalf of agriculture in Japan. 



Twenty-second statistical report of the department of agriculture and 

 commerce, Japan, ]!. Kure {Statis. Rpt. Dept. A(/i: and Com. Japan. 22 

 [1906]. pp. XII + 6'/'i. maps 3). — Detailed statistical data on the production, 

 exportation, and inqiortation of agricultural iiroducts for the year 1900, together 

 with other statistics on the connnerce. industries, fisheries, mining, forests, etc., 

 of Jai)an. 



Crop Reporter (T. S. Dept. Apr.. Bin: ,s7r/^'.s-. Crop Reporter, 9 (1901), \o. 

 5, pp. 33--'iO). — Statistics and notes on the condition of crops and the supplies, 

 value, and prices of agricultural products in the United States and foreign coun- 

 tries are summarized. 



The ninth biennial report of the commissioner of agriculture, State of 

 Florida, P.. E. McLin (Blen. Rpt. Comr. Af/r. Ela., 9 (1905-6). pp. YII + 6J,1).— 

 ''I'his report for the years 1905 and 1900 contains detailed agricultural statistics 

 for 1904 and 1905, connnercial statistics for 1905 and 1900, meteorological data 

 for 1905, reports of the fertilizer and stock feed, prison, and land departments, 

 general statistics from the State census of 1905, and a report by the chemist for 

 1905 and 1900. 



Annual statistical and crop report of Louisiana for the year 1906, ('. 

 ScHULER (Ann. Statis. and Crop Rpt. La., 1906, pp. 12). — The acreage, yields, and 

 value of the principal farm crops are summarized, with data on the agricultural 

 and other industries of the State. A special article by W. Newell gives the 

 results of nursery inspection in Louisiana since 1905. 



Annual statistical report of the New York Produce Exchange for the 

 year 1906, with comparisons with preceding years (Ann. Statis. Rpt. .A. 1. 

 Produce E.r.. 1906. pp. l',l). — Talmlated statistical dat.-i ou the production, ship- 

 ments, and prices of stai)le agricultural [troducts in the United States. 



