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crops, their production, and the proportion of each to the population are shown 

 in the following table : 



Area, production, and average per head of population of the 5 principal crops 



in Victoria, 1901 and 1911. 



The number of dairy cows is shown to have increased from 515,179 in 1903 

 to 668,777 in 1910, the production of butter from 46,685,727 lbs. to 70,603,787 

 lbs. and the number of cream separators in use from 8,986 to 27,307. The 

 Victorian wool clip for the year from sheep amounted to 73,959,226 lbs., from 

 lambs to 6,115,044 lbs. During 1910 there were exported to foreign countries 

 164,213,073 lbs. of wool, of which 76.068.574 lbs. had been imported from othor 

 States. 



Agriculture [in New Zealand], M. Frasee (New Zeal. Off. Yearbook 1911, 

 pp. 5ot~565). — Notes and statistics showing the land in cultivation and acreage 

 under various crops with their yields are here presented. The area under 

 wheat in 1911 was 322,167 acres, oats 302,827 acres, with the average yield 

 25.73 bu. and 33.41 bu., respectively, per acre. 



Agriculture in New Zealand, M. Mukphy {Neio Zeal. Off. YearltooTc 1911, 

 pp. 785-815). — A resume of agricultural conditions in New Zealand for 1911, 

 showing th^ acreage production of a number of crops, growth of the live sto.-k 

 and dairying industries, and the farming outlook of the Dominion in general 

 (E. S. R., 25, p. 391). 



[Papers on Danish agriculture] (Tidsskr. Landokonomi, 1911, Nos. 7, jyp. 

 457-^70; 8, pp. 521-538; 9, pp. 569-586, 587-602; 12, pp. 681-70J,; 13, pp. 757- 

 749). — The usual summaries and reviews of the main branches of Danish 

 agriculture are here presented. P;".rticular attention may be directed to the 

 following: Horse Raising, by J. Jensen (pp. 457-470) ; Animal Husbandry, by 

 A. Appel (pp. 521-538, 587-602) ; Agricultural Crops, by K. Hansen (pp. 569- 

 586) ; Agricultural Imports and Exports, by N. C. Christensen (pp. 681-704) ; 

 and Butter Exports 1910-11, by B. Boggild (pp. 737-749). 



Agriculture and forestry [in Austria] (Osterr. Statis. Handb., 29 (1910), 

 pp. 120-l.'i7). — Official statistics are presented regarding agriculture and for- 

 estry in Austria, showing in particular the basis of land taxation and the 

 influence it has on the different types of farming, for example, the effect it has 

 upon the acreage in field crops, meadows, pasture lands, gardens, vineyards, etc. 



[Agricultural statistics in Japan] (Statis. Rpt. Dept. Agr. and Com. Japan, 

 27 (1912), pp. 1-108). — A statistical report, showing the area, production, 

 yield, etc., of all kinds of farm crops in Japan, and how they are distributed, 

 together with data as to poultry, eggs, live stock, and other farm activities of 

 the country (E. S. R., 24, p. 493). 



