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operating capital are realizing greater profits than tbose operating tlieir farms 

 less intensively. From rural social surveys made in different parts of ttie State 

 it is concluded tliat the village or small city of the agricultural type in Wiscon- 

 sin is the center of a real rural community, that a certain area of land sur- 

 rounding this village or small city is as necessary to it as is the land under its 

 dwellings, shops, and stores, and that the major interests of the farm family on 

 this adjacent area of land are identical with those of the dwellers in the village 

 or small city trading center. 



An investigation of piece wage in agriculture, voN Esden-Tempski (Landtc. 

 Jalirh., 46 (1914), No. 3, pp. Jf5o-40S). — The author describes the influence of 

 payment by the piece upon agricultural laborers hired by the year, the seasonal 

 or migratory laborers and free laborers, and methods of determining the pay- 

 ment. He apparently believes it puts a premium upon skill, but requires a very 

 careful arrangement and analysis of the farm operations to be administered 

 successfully. 



The movement of wheat prices and its causes, L. Peeimann (Schr. Ver. 

 Sozialpolit., 139 (1914), pt. 3, pp. 73, figs. 10).— The author discusses the rela- 

 tive changes in the prices of wheat in Prussia, France, England, and the United 

 States over a long series of years, the various factors influencing the daily, 

 monthly, and yearly fluctuations, and the relation of the price of wheat to the 

 general price movement. 



Markets and rural economics, T. J. Brooks (Neiv York, 1914, pp. 397). — 

 The author discusses the agencies controlling prices, methods of marketing, 

 cooperation, rural credit, cost of living, and their relationship to farming and 

 the farmers. A brief bibliography is included. 



Farmers' market bulletin (Farmers' Market Bui. [N. (7.], 1914, Nos. 1, pp. 

 16; 2, pp. 19; 3, pp. 79). — ^According to Bulletin 1, if the farmer is to take any 

 part in the business of marketing his own produce, there must be (1) an 

 organization to grow a uniform product within each community, (2) an organi- 

 zation to gather information from the farmers who have products for sale and 

 to distribute this to possible buyers, (3) an organization for obtaining infor- 

 mation of prices of different markets and for distributing this information to 

 all producers, and (4) an organization to distribute to a central agency for 

 redistribution all orders and inquiries which the individual farmer or farmers' 

 organizations can not fill. The North Carolina Experiment Station in coopera- 

 tion wath the State Department of Agriculture is attempting to perform the 

 function of the central agency. The bulletin also contains regulations for 

 answering all inquiries concerning sale of agricultural products and for listing 

 products in the bulletin, and a list of farmers who have specified products 

 for sale. 



Bulletin 2 contains a partial list of fruit and vegetable growers in North 

 Carolina, with acreage and probable shipping dates. Bulletin 3 outlines the 

 organization necessary for the marketing of truck and fruit and gives a list of 

 buyers and the character of business done and products handled by those pur- 

 chasing such products, not only in North Carolhia but in other States. 



Proceedings of the seventy-fourth annual meeting of the New York 

 State Agricultural Society (A". Y. Dcpt. Agr. Bui. 60 {1914), PP- 1441-1715, 

 pis. 27, fig. 1). — A number of the discussions at this annual meeting related to 

 the marketing of agricultural products, cooperation, rural credit, drainage, work 

 of farm bureaus, and agricultural education. 



Proceedings of the Agricultural Conference and Corn Shown {Proc. Agr. 

 Conf. and Corn Show, 1913, pp. 269). — Among the principal topics discussed 

 were the relationshii)s between the farmers and city consumers, methods of 



