296 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



the features discussed are tlie history of the Parisian markets, the Chambre 

 d'Abondance at Lyon and the wholesale merchants, Lyonese merchants and 

 dearth in the producing regions, royal and local regulation of the grain trade 

 1500-1660, Colbert's place in the history of the grain trade, and regulation of 

 the domestic grain trade, 1683-1709. 



The condition of agricultural production in Argentina, E. A. J. Pfannen- 

 scHMiDT (Schr. Ver. gozialpoUt., 141 {1913), pt. 1, pp. 7+89).— The author 

 discusses the physical characteristics, immigration, system of land ownership, 

 areas and distribution of the principal crops, cost of producing crops, trade in 

 agricultural products, number of live stock and changes iii proportion ©f those 

 native bred, and the trade in meat products. 



Production in the French, colonies in 1911—12, E. Baillaud {Inst. Colon. 

 Marseille Notice 10 {1913), pp. VIII +85). — This report shows by statistical 

 tables the quantity and value of agricultural products imported and exported 

 for practically all the French colonies, as well as the number of live stock in 

 several of the colonies. 



[Agriculture in Victoria], A. M. Laughton {Victorian Yearbook, 33 {1912- 

 13), pp. 619-733, pi. 1). — Included in this annual statement is a discussion of 

 the following subjects relating to agriculture: Land settlement, irrigation, 

 rainfall, number of holdings by sizes, land occupied and cultivated, number of 

 live stock, number of persons engaged in agricultural pursuits, area and pro- 

 duction of farm crops, fertilizers used, machinery and implements on farms, 

 number of dairy cows, butter and cheese made, number of cream separators 

 in use, number of live stock slaughtered, and wool production. In most in- 

 stances the subjects are accompanied by statistical tables. 



Prices and wages in India {Prices and Wages India, 30 {1913), pp. VI-\- 

 218). — Contained in this report are statistical tables showing for 1873 and from 

 1888 to 1912 the average annual retail prices of the prinicipal farm crops at 

 certain selected districts and stations, wholesale prices of staple articles of 

 Import and export at Calcutta and Bombay, and average monthly wages of 

 skilled and unskilled laborers for certain selected districts and stations. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Report on agricultural education, L. C. Coleman {Dept. Agr. Mysore, Oen. 

 Ser. Bui. 3 {1913), pp. 72). — ^The author gives an account of the systems and 

 methods of secondary, elementary, and popular instruction in agriculture in 

 Germany, Switzerland, England, Canada, the United States, Japan, and the 

 Philippines, the information having been gained by personal visits supplemented 

 by the perusal of literature on this subject. He also discusses the adaptation 

 of some of these agencies and methods of agricultural instruction to conditions 

 in Mysore. Outlines of the courses of study of the Dunn County School of 

 Agriculture, IMenomonie, Wis., the La Crosse County School of Agriculture, 

 Onalaska, Wis., and the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture; con- 

 clusions of the committee of the National Coimcil of Education on industrial 

 education in schools for rural communities; and the syllabus of the elementary 

 course in agriculture of the committee on instruction in agriculture of the 

 Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations are 

 appended. 



Annual report of the director of education [of the Philippines] {Ann. 

 Rpt. Dir. Ed. P. I., 1913, pp. 149, pis. ^2).— This report shows that in 1912-13 

 there were 5 agricultural schools (grades 1 to 7, inclusive) with a total enroll- 

 ment of 287 pupils. All of these schools, except the Central Luzon Agricultural 

 School at Munoz, Nueva Eclja, which is much more advanced and better 



