392 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



ing for 1910 the subdivision of the total land area according to agricultural 

 uses and number of exploitations by sizes and by types of tenure. The area 

 and production of the principal farm crops are shown for 1898-1912 and the 

 number of live stock for 1S91-1910. 



World production of cereals in 1913 (Pub. Min. Roy. Hongrois Agr., No. 2 

 {1914), pp. 318). — This publication gives the area, production, and imports and 

 exports of cereals for practically all the countries of the world. For many 

 countries the same information is given for other agricultural products. 



Statistics of consumption of cotton, A. Schmidt {Internat. Fed. Master 

 Cotton Spinners' and Manfrs. Assocs. [Pul).], 1913, pp. 23). — Contained in this 

 report are statistical data showing the consumption of cotton in all countries 

 of the world and the stocks on hand August 31, 1903 to 1913. The number of 

 cotton spinning spindles and the visible supply are also given for 1913. 



AGRICTILTUIIAL EDUCATION. 



Proposals to bring about a uniformity in th,e methods of instruction in 

 the lower agricultural schools with special reference to schools for vine 

 growers, M. Artiiold (Land u. Forstw. Untcrrichts Ztg., 21 {1913), No. 3-4, pp. 

 1S2-1S9). — The functions of the various categories of agricultural schools for 

 the training of farmers' sons are discussed. In the author's opinion it would 

 be more feasible to improve existing schools than to replace them by new 

 organizations. Their apparent inadequacy in some respects can be traced 

 largely to the small attendance of many of the schools, which, however, is not 

 the fault of the school system but due rather to other circumstances such as a 

 lack of knowledge on the part of the people concerning the functions of the 

 schools and the value of technical training, unsatisfactory labor relations, etc. 

 The best remedy suggested for this is an untiring itinerant instruction and an 

 active contact with the rural population. The author suggests that the utility 

 of a school does not depend entirely on its organization but also on its manage- 

 ment, and points out the desirability of the performance of practical work by 

 students, of examinations to control their progress, and of the supervision of 

 the instructors by the director or an inspector. 



[Reports of German horticultural institutions for 1912] {Landio. Jahrb., 

 45 {1913), Ergdnzungsl). 1, pp. 147+235+158, pi. 1, figs. 111).— This number 

 consists of the annual reports for 1912 of the royal horticultural institutions 

 at Dahlem, Geisenheim, and Proskau. 



The rural agricultural and housekeeping school at Mahrisch-Schonberg, 

 K. KoLB {Land u. Forstw. Unterrichts Ztg., 27 {1913), No. 3-4, pp. 169-174).— 

 A description is given of the buildings, equipment, and 1-year course of in- 

 struction of this school which was opened October 1, 1918, in connection with 

 the Farm and Flax Preparation School. 



[Agricultural and forestry instruction in Austria and other countries] 

 {Land n. Forstw. Untcrrichts Ztg., 27 {1913), No. 3-4, pp. V+169-30S, figs. 4)-— 

 This number contains special articles noted elsewhere, an account of the 

 Second International Congress of Home Training at Ghent (see p. 393), and a 

 review of agricultural literature and of the activities of agricultural and 

 forestry e<lucatiou institutions in Austria in 1912-13, as summarized from their 

 annual reports. 



Some agricultural education institutions in Hungary and the Balkan 

 States, L. Merkos {Land u. Forstxo. Unterrichts Ztg., 27 {1913), No. 3-4, pp. 

 222-237). — An account is given of the organization, equipment, curriculum, and 

 work of the following institutions visited by the author: Royal Hungarian 

 Cellarers' School at Budnfok, near Budapest; Royal Hungarian Ampelograph- 



