192 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



The division of capital in agriculture as between landlord and tenant, 

 R. Paget {four. Farmers' Cluh [London], 1914, J^a/".. pp- 23-30). — Accordiug to 

 the present system of leasing fann land it is the produce of the farm and not 

 the profit that is divided between landlord and tenant. The author outlines a 

 system which "is based on the assumption that in the average case it would be 

 fair that the farmer should have as much of the profits in respect of his skill 

 and management (apart from any capital he may invest) as the landlord gets 

 in respect of the use of his land and buildings, and that whoever puts in the 

 capital should get a further share of profits in respect of this investment." 



Landed proprietors and ag'riculture in Norway (Statis. Aarbok Konger. 

 Norge, 33 (1913), pp. 39-^5). — Statistical data are given showing for 1907 the 

 total number of landed proprietors and their distribution by areas cultivated. 

 Data are also presented for 1907 showing the area devoted to the principal agri- 

 cultural purposes and for 1912 the area and production of the principal farm 

 crops. For the latter item comparative data are given for earlier years. 



Farm credit conditions in a cotton State, L. H. Haney (Anier. Econ. Rev., 

 4 (1914), No. 1, pp. ^7-67). — The author describes the farm credit situation in 

 Texas as determined by a special investigation. He shows the type of credit 

 furnished to the farm owners by the banks and to the tenants by the storekeeper 

 and landlords and indicates the inability of the present system to supply ade- 

 quate credit at reasonable rates. lie advocates that a cooperative organization 

 be formed which should seek to become an effective credit middleman between 

 the present latent and ill-used bases of credit among farmers and the funds 

 held in commercial banks. 



Helping' the farmer to keep his fann, E. X. Breituno {Business America, 

 15 {1914), No. 8, pp. 210-212).— According to the author, one of the worst 

 features of the present system of mortgaging farms is that if the farmer is 

 unable to meet the payments, because of some disaster unforeseen, he may 

 lose his farm at once. To prevent this he would have the farmer under such 

 conditions contract to keep his property up to a certain standard and would 

 form a- company with a large credit capital to work the farm in order to pay 

 off its indebtedness and meet the obligations out of the company's surplus. If 

 the farmer is competent he could remain on the land, and as soon as the farm 

 is out of debt it will come back to him. 



Special report of New York State delegates on the American Commission 

 for the study of agricultural cooperation in Europe, compiled by F. H. Allen 

 and C. C. Mitchell (N. Y. Dcpt. Agr. Bui. 56 {1914), PP- 141-1048, pis. 32).— 

 This report notes tbe most striking facts observed in European agriculture and 

 contrasts them with conditions in New York, describes the business organiza- 

 tion and agricultural conditions in Europe and points out that the raising and 

 transportation of products constitutes the farmer's part in feeding the nation 

 while marketing and agencies of delivery come within the sphere of the con- 

 sumer. 



Among the greatest needs of the State of New York are considered a readjust- 

 ment of the existing methods of distrbuting farm crops, cooperation among the 

 consumers in purchasing, the commercializing of agricultural business, simpler 

 and cheaper means of borrowing money, better roads in the country and par- 

 ticularly the side roads, and practical demonstration on the farm of what it is 

 possible to do under average conditions in farming for profit. 



Instruction in marketing {Daily Cons, and Trade Rpts. [U. 8.], 17 (1913), 

 No. 60, pp. 961-970). — This report consists of a general description of the various 

 methods employed to give instruction in cooperation and marketing in Germany, 

 Netherlands, Denmark, France, and England. 



