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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The i-esults of tests lasting P, days show the weights of ice and salt and the 

 time required to cool given quantities of milk and cream. The advantages of 

 the device pointed out are that it is self-acting, its capacity is such that a 

 considerable quantity of milk and cream can be cooled and stored for some 

 time, it is simple in construction and operation, and its initial cost and cost 

 of operation are relatively small. 



RURAL ECONOMICS. 



Farms and farm property [in the United States] (Bur. of the Census 

 [U. S.] Bui. 13, pp. 20, figs. 3). — This bulletin presents in final form the princi- 

 pal data pertaining to farms and farm property in the United States by States 

 and geographic divisions for 1900 and 1910, and by geographic divisions for 

 each census from 1850 to 1910, correcting and supplementing preliminary data 

 (E. S. R., 25, p. 893). 



The following table summarizes for the United States the principal facts 

 regarding population, farms, and farm property for the years 1910 and 1900: 



Farms, farm land, and farm property of the United States. 



1910 

 (April 15). 



1900 

 (Jxme 1). 



Increase. 



rer cent. 



Population 



Urban population 



Kural population 



Number of all farms 



Land area of the country acres. 



Land in farms do — 



Improved land in farms do — 



Average acreage per farm 



Average improved acreage per farm 



Percent of total land area in farms 



Per cent of land in farms improved 



Per cent of total land area improved 



Value of farm property, total 



Land 



Buildings 



Implements and machinery , 



Domestic animals, poultry, and bees . 



Average value of all property per farm 



Average value of all property per acre of 



land in farms , 



Average value of land per acre 



91,972,260 

 42,623,383 

 49,348,883 



G,3f)l,502 

 1,903,289,01)0 



878,798,325 

 478,451,750 



138.1 

 75.2 

 4C.2 

 54.4 

 25.1 



S40, 991, 449, 090 



28,475,674,109 



6,325,451,528 



1,265,149,783 



4,925,173,610 



SO, 444 



40. 04 

 32.40 



75,994,575 

 31,609,045 

 44,384,930 



5,737,372 



1,903,461,760 



838,591,774 



414,498,487 



146.2 

 72.2 

 44.1 

 49.4 

 21.8 



§20,439,901,104 



13,058,007,995 



3,550,639,496 



749,775,970 



3,07.5,477,703 



83,563 



24.37 

 15. 57 



15,977,091 

 11,013,738 

 4,963,953 



624,130 



—172,160 



40,206,551 



63,953,263 



-8.1 

 3.0 



$20,551,547,926 



15,417,606,174 



2,768,812,032 



515,373,813 



1,849,695,907 



$2,881 



22.27 



16. 83 



21.0 

 .34.8 

 11.2 



10.9 



4.8 

 15.4 



-5.5 

 4.2 



100.5 

 118.1 



68. 7 

 60.1 



91.4 

 108.1 



Increase in value of farm lands (Conn. Farmer, .'i2 (1912), No. 16, p. 4)- — 

 This article directs attention to the constant increase of land values in New 

 England, attributing It to the Increased demand for land from people who have 

 lived in the West and are now seeking cheaper lands nearer better markets in 

 the East. 



Making' the farm renter a farm owner, G. H. Gushing (Nat. Land and 

 In-ig. Jour., 5 (1912), No. 5, pp. 1-6, figs. 6). — It is noted in this article that the 

 directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway Gompany have recently appropriated 

 $500,000 as an initial fund to be loaned to renters for the purpose of buying 

 and settling lands in the Provinces of western Canada. The conditions incident 

 to any loan are (1) that the applicant is married, (2) must have demonstrated 

 his ability to operate a farm successfully, (3) must have enough money to pay 

 one-tenth the purchase price of the farm and maintain his family for a year. 



