796 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECORD. 



vances are made on first mortgage or for tlie purpose of purchasing land or to 

 enable existing liabilities to be paid ofE, for the purchase of live stock, agricul- 

 tural implements, etc., or for effecting improvements on land, including farm 

 buildings, fencing, irrigation works, and afforestation. Loans may not exceed 

 £2,000 to any one person, interest is charged at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, 

 payable semi-annually, and loans are repaid in installments apportioned over a 

 period not exceeding 10 years, beginning with the third year, but may be paid in • 

 a shorter period. * 



Social centers in the Southwest, C. W. Holeman and C. D. Muephy (Dallas, 

 Tex., 1912, new ed., pp. 84, figs. 11). — This booklet discusses and illustrates the 

 origin and growth of the social center movement in the Southwest, the needs 

 and value of the work, and how social centers may be organized and definitely 

 what can be done to sustain them. 



Agricultural statistics, 1911 [Province of British Columbia], A. E. Chad- 

 dock (Dept. Agr. Brit. ColumUa Bui. Jfo, 1912, pp. 38, figs. 5). — Statistics are 

 given relating to the acreage of various crops, the number of live stock, and 

 crop production in each of the specified districts of the Province of British 

 Columbia for 1911. The agricultural resources are also shown as a whole, 

 together with the estimated value of products during the year. 



Agricultural statistics 1910-11, E. Lahitte (Agr. Statis. Argentina lEngUsh 

 Ed.'], 1910-11, pp. 11+107, pi. i).— This is a report of the Division of Agri- 

 cultural Statistics and Rural Economy in Argentina for 1910-11. including data 

 on the area of cultivated land : area, yields, and vaule of principal crops, and 

 returns per hectare from wheat, flax, corn, and oats from 1891 to 1910 ; imports 

 and value of farm machinery and implements; rural properties, loans, and 

 mortgages; distribution and consumption of live stock; and exports and value 

 of farm products. 



It is noted that Argentina furnished to the United Kingdom 20,613 tons of 

 beef and 55,740 tons of mutton in 1900 and 252,057 tons of beef and 75.507 tons 

 of mutton in 1910. The total value of the agricultural, live stock, forest, hunt- 

 ing, and fishing exports amounted to 153,415,751 pesos ($148,046,200) in 1900 

 and 369,081,620 pesos in 1910. 



Agricultural statistics of Ireland, with detailed report for the year 1911, 

 T. BtTTLEE (Dept. Agr. and Tech. Instr. Ireland, Agr. Statis. 1911, pp. XXXV+ 

 147). — This is a detailed report showing the division of land from 1841 to 1911 ; 

 jicreage under crops and yields by counties and Provinces; number and de- 

 scription of holdings; number and ages of live stock; and other agricultural 

 data. The total area of the country is reported at 20,345,328 statute acres, of 

 which 11.5 per cent was planted to corn, green croi>s, flax, and fruit in 1911, 

 12.4 per cent was under hay, and 48.4 per cent is classed as rotation and per- 

 manent pasture ; the remainder consisting of bogs, barren mountains, water, 

 roads, building lands, wastes, etc. 



Agricultural statistics, Ireland, 1912, T. Butlee (Dept. Agr. OMd Tech. 

 Instr. Ireland, Apr. Statis. 1912, pp. 31). — ^Data similar to the above are given 

 for 1912. 



Foreign crops, April, 1912, H. C. Geaham (U. 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. 

 Circ. 36, pp. 15). — This circular notes that British India, with a population of 

 over 300,000,000 people and a total area of 1,138,075,482 acres, has 223,000,000 

 acres under cultivation. About 20 per cent is irrigated, over J from govern- 

 ment canals. Of the areas under various crops, rice with 78,731,137 acres in 

 1910 leads in relative importance, millet follows with 38,105.334 acres, then 

 wheat with 22,769,918 and cotton with 13,172,188 acres. The yield of rice ranges 

 from 700 to 1,200 lbs. per acre, wheat from 510 to 1,250 lbs. and cotton from 30 

 to 308 lbs. of lint per acre. 



