92 EXPEEIMENT STATION BECOKD. 



soil ; present crops and methods ; present and prospective demand for fresli 

 vegetables ; fruits, milli, and poultry products ; scarcity of live stock ; character 

 of the population ; and land titles and tenures. 



It is concluded that large farming operations are impracticable on account of 

 the broljen topography; that the staple crops best adapted to the conditions 

 are corn, cassava, yams, sugar cane, plantains, bananas, and upland rice; and 

 that the most promising outlook is the development of a permanent mixed 

 tropical agriculture with a distinct horticultural trend, in which hand labor 

 of tropical oi"igin will be the main dependence for tillage. 



[Agricultural resources in Italy], A. Pugliese (Stas. Sper. Agr. Ital., 44 

 (1911), No. 5-6, pp. Sn-JflS). — Tables state by provinces the areas and normal 

 annual yields of various regions of Italy and the yields secured In 1909-10, 

 the total number of farm animals in each of the countries of Europe, the 

 number per thousand inhabitants and per thousand hectares, and other data 

 of a similar nature. The greater portion of the article is made up of lists 

 of the field plants most commonly found in each of a considerable number of 

 localities in Italy. 



Agricultural statistics in Roumania, 1911 (Min. Agr. Statis. Agr. Bo- 

 mdniei, 1911, pp. 37). — A statistical report of the minister of agriculture, show- 

 ing the area and production of the leading crops in Eoumania, together with 

 tables illustrating to what extent crops were damaged by hail, drought, frost, 

 etc. for the year 1911. 



[Agricultural statistics] {Statis. Ahs. Brit. Self-Gov. Dominions [etc.'], ^8 

 (1896-1910), pp. 296-356). — Official statistics are given showing the acreage 

 and production of the leading agricultural crops in the British self-governing 

 dominions, crown colonies, possessions, and protectorates from 1S96 to 1910 in- 

 clusive, together with exports and imports of agricultural products by countries. 



Keport on the land settlement scheme, H. Walwyn (Imp. Dept. Agr. West 

 Indies, Rpt. Bot. Sta. Grenada, 1910-11, pp. 18-20) .— Regarding the land settle- 

 ment scheme in Grenada initiated in 1910 by the appropriation of £5,000 by the 

 government for the purchase and allotment of lands, the land officer reports 

 that about 153 acres have been purchased at a cost of- £495 and subdivided into 

 47 allotments of 2, 3, 4, and 5 acres. The allotments are to be sold to peasants 

 upon the approval of an application and the payment of 25 per cent of the pur- 

 chase money as a first installment. The peasant then receives a permit to oc- 

 cupy the land, the remainder of the money is divided into 9 equal parts, and 

 after the expiration of 3 years he pays an annual installment of one of these 

 parts, with 5 per cent interest on all unpaid purchase money each year after 

 the payment of the first installment. 



Applications have been received for 32 allotments, and 27 of them approved. 

 Two allotments of 4 and 5 acres have been reserved for the purpose of experi- 

 ments and demonstrations, to enable the land officer to distribute to allottees 

 plants free or at very little cost. 



Agricultural cooperation [in France], A. Gaulin (Daily Cons, and Trade 

 Rpts. [U. S.], 15 (1912), No. 93, pp. 259-262) .—This is a report from the 

 Marseille consular district showing that agricultural syndicates for collective 

 buying, handling, and selling agricultural products have been of considerable 

 advantage to the farmers of the district, the sales to farmers being made at 

 cost price, plus a commission of 1 to 3 per cent for running expenses. If there 

 are any profits they are not distributed but are frequently applied to the pur- 

 chase of machinery for collective use, which has aided many of the small farm- 

 ers in lowering their cost of production. 



It is claimed that the syndicates have brought about reductions of from 30 

 to 40 per cent in the prices of fertilizers, and aided materially in lowering the 



