EURAL ECONOMICS. 391 



[Agriculture in Guiana], edited by A. Leechman (In Handbook Brit. 

 Guiana, 1913, pp. 153-185, pis. 6). — The chapter on agriculture gives a descrip- 

 tion of the methods used in producing sugar, rice, coconuts, cacao, coffee, rub- 

 ber, and fruits. 



Rural development in Burma, H. Clayton (Rangoan, India, 1911, pp. 11+ 

 IV+llJt). — The author outlines briefly the cooperative methods employed by 

 fariiiers in Europe for the i)urchase of supplies, sale of farm produce, insurance 

 of live stock, and securing of credit, and the modifications necessary to meet 

 rural conditions in Burma. 



Country life conference addresses {Iowa State Col. Agr. Ext. Bui. IS, pp. 

 94, figs. IJf). — Contained in this report are a series of addresses on the economic 

 phases of country life, by T. N. Carver; social phases, by C. S. Adams; and 

 religious phases, by C. S. Adams, W. Hints, and P. A. Johnson. 



Solving the country church problem, G. A. Brickeb et al. (Cincinnati and 

 New York, 1913, pp. 296, ph. 2, figs. 60). — This is a series of articles by 14 

 authors treating of the various phases of the country church problem. 



The agricultural outlook (U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 590 (1911,), pp. 20, 

 fig. 1). — It is estimated that during the past year the losses of live stock from 

 di.sease and exi)osure were 7,C»05,000 hogs valued at $73,000,000, 1,737,000 cattle 

 valued at $08.(511,000, 2,124,000 sheep valued at $8,581,000, and 523,000 horses 

 valued at $59,100,000. It is shown that the monthly variation in the number 

 of sheep and hogs is subject to greater fluctuation than the number of cattle. 

 Directions are included for the use of anti-hog-cholera serum. 



Statistics are given showing for Louisiana the cane production for 1911, 1912, 

 and 1913, the condition of the principal crops in Florida and California, and 

 for all the States the condition of winter wheat and rye on April 1, 1913, and 

 1914, the condition of the various kinds of live stock on the same dates, the 

 estimated losses for the year ended :\Iarch 31, 1914, and other statistical data 

 relating to prices of agricultural products. 



The agricultural outlook (U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 598 (1914), PP- 

 2^).— This number contains estimates of the conditions on May 1, 1914, of 

 winter wheat, rye, hay, pasture, and honeybees, of the wheat fed to live stock, 

 of the progress of spring plowing and planting, and of the prices of farm 

 products. These estimates are shown by States and with comparative data for 

 earlier years. The production of beet sugar, the sources of sugar supply of the 

 United States, and the production of sugar in Hawaii are shown for 1913 and 

 earlier years. A revised estimate of the acreage and yield of cotton for 1913 

 and data as to condition of crops in California and Florida are included. 



Acreage and live stock returns of England and Wales, with summaries 

 for the United Kingdom, R. PI. Rew (Bd. Agr. and Fisheries [London], Agr. 

 Statis., 48 (1913), No. 1, pp. 119). — This report contains statistics showing the 

 acreage devoted to the principal crops and the number of live stock by counties 

 for 1912 and 1913, by minor subdivisions for 1913, and for England and Wales, 

 Great Britain, and the United Kingdom for 1884 to 1913. 



The number of holdings by sizes is given for 1913 by counties and minor 

 subdivisions. Between 1895 and 1913 the number of holdings in England and 

 Wales above 1 and not exceeding 5 acres decreased from 97,818 to 92,302 ; those 

 above 5 and not exceeding 20 acres increased from 126,714 to 122,117; those 

 above 20 and not exceeding 50 acres from 74,846 to 78,027 ; those above 50 and 

 not exceeding 100 acres from 56,791 to 59,287 ; those above 100 and not exceed- 

 ing 200 acres from 68,277 to 09.431 ; while those above 300 acres decreased from 

 16,021 to 14.513. 



Agricultural statistics of Netherlands (Jaarc. Konink, Nederlanden, Rijk 

 Europe, 1912, pp. 172-183). — Contained in this report are statistical data show- 



