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yield per acre for 100(5 in ooniparisoii with ])rece(lins years are reported. A 

 sumaiary of weather statistics of (Jreat Britain is included. 



The gross production of the principal crops in the Ignited Kingdom are ;iiveu 

 as follows: Wheat 7,577,000, barley 8.435,000. and oats 21,850,000 (piarters, 

 respectively ; potatoes (;.080.000, turnips 27,583,000, mangels 0,881,000, and hay 

 of all kinds 13.512.(l(M> tons, resiu'ctively. 



Illinois Crop Report for December 1, 1906, W. C. Garrard (Statis. Rpt. III. 

 B(l. Agr., 1906, Dec. 1, pp. 9.'i). — A sunnnary of the reports of correspondents as 

 to the yield, value, and price of the principal farm pnxlucts and the number 

 and value of live stock of Illinois for the year 1900, in comparison with similar 

 data for preceding years. Cora was the leading crop, being valued at 

 ,$103,480,520, followed by oats valued at $27,462,112. The total value of the 

 principal crops and live stock in Illinois for lOOG was $253,400,404. 



Kansas statistics, 1905-6, I'. I). Cohurn {Quart. Rpt. Kans. Bd. Ac/r.. 25 

 {1!)06), Ko. 100, pp. IS; Bicn. Rpt. Kan-'i. Bd. Agr., 15 (1905-6), pp. 997-1263).— 

 In these reports tables are given showing the State's population by counties and 

 cities, assessed valuation, acres, yields, and value of agricultural products, 

 and numbers and value of live stock for the years 1005 and 100(!. The total 

 acreage of the State is 52.572,l(iO, of which 31,502,208 acres were under culture 

 in 1005 and 30,980,203 in 1000. the values of all farm products, including animals 

 slaughtered, being $238,830,425 and $246,905,051, respectively. The live stock 

 nund)ered 0,086,520 in 1905, having a value of $169,821,157, the corresponding 

 tigures for 1900 being 6,419,742 and $177,429,816. Corn and wheat were the 

 leading products of the State. 



Official report on the condition of crops and wages of farm hands (Ohio 

 Dcpt. Agr., 1901, pp. 13). — The condition of crops in Ohio on April 1, 1007, 

 compared favorably with that at the same time last year. Live stock wintered 

 well and were in tine condition. The average wages of farm hands were $21 

 per month with board, $20 without board, $1.10- per day with board, and $1.40 

 without board. 



" The labor problem is still a serious one for farmers, and altliough wages 

 have materially advanced over last year, farmers are unable to secure sufficient 

 help to properly carry on farming operations. In those localities situated in 

 close proximity to cities it is almost impossible to secure i-eliable farm help." 



Prices of agricultural and other products in Servia ( Statist ique des Prix 

 drs l'r<)du)t'< Agricolcs ct Aiitrcsi dans Ja Royaumc de Scrbie. Belgrade: Govt., 

 19(16, pp. LVlI+Jf29, dgtiis. 4). — Detailed statistics of the prices of agricultural 

 I)roducts for each month of the years 1901 to 1005, inclusive, are reported. 



Danish agriculture in 1906, II. IIertel (T/V.s'.vAr. Laiidokoiioni.. 1907, No. 1, 

 pp. l-'iO). — A gener.-il review of agricultural conditions during the year. 



Imports of agricultural produce in 1906 (Jour. Bd. Agr. [Lo»(/o»], 13 

 (1907), Xo. 10, pp. 615-621). — Statistics relating to the source, quantity, and 

 value of agricultural products imported into the United Kingdom in 1905 and 

 1906 are reported and discussed. The total value of all farm imports in 1906, 

 the bulk of which were food supplies, amounted to £246,940,000. The general 

 tendency of prices for all imported farm products was higher in 1906 than in 

 the preceding year. Argentina again surjiassed the United States in the quan- 

 tity of refrigerated meat supplied to Great Brit.Tin. but the pi'ice of American 

 meat was more than 50 per cent higher than the Argentine product. 



[Agricultural statistics of Uruguay for 1905-6], A. Areciiavaleta (Monte- 

 video: (lort.. 1906. pp. 32). — This report gives statistics and discusses the num- 

 ber of hectares under cultivation and yields of wheat, corn, flax, oats, barley, and 

 canary seed ; the number of farm laborers ; the number of farms in operation 

 by native and foreign owners or renters, and the number of work animals and 



