liURAL ECONOMICS. 395 



The following points were specially considered in judging: (1) Economy ia 

 planning, cost of constrnction, and snbsoquont jnaintenance; (2) convenience of 

 arrangements for working and accommodations for animals; (3) lighting, ven- 

 tilation, and drainage of slietls, especially of tbose for dairy cattle. In addition 

 to these points, the estimated cost of the buildings was taken into consideration, 

 and the 4 prizes were awarded to those ))lans which could be carried out at less 

 than $-10 an acre. 



The plans which were awai'ded prizes are given, together with the. detailed 

 reports, specifications, and estimates accompanying them. 



Badford's combined house and barn plan book, W. A. Radford {Islew York 

 and Chivago, 190S, pp. 287, figs. 98, dgins. 296). — The designs given in this 

 book are for the use of builders in rural communities. The first part of the 

 book contains perspective views and floor plans of over 100 moderate and low 

 priced houses. The remainder is devoted to illustrations and plans for barns 

 and other farm buildings, such as feed lots, cattle sheds, poultry houses, ice 

 and cold-storage houses, implement sheds, corn cribs, silos, granaries, etc., 

 and includes suggestions as to the materials, methods of construction, and 

 arrangement of the interiors. 



RUEAL ECONOMICS. 



[Papers relating to rural economics], J. G. Brooks et al. (Rpt. Brit. Assoc. 

 Adv. ScL, 1908, pp. 79Jf-796, S07, SOS).— Abstracts are given of the following 

 papers read at the Dublin meeting of the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science in September, 1908 (E. S. R., 20, p. 298) : Social Aspects of 

 Agricultural Cooperation, The Psychological Aspect of Agrarian Reform in 

 Ireland ; The Productivity of English Agriculturists ; and Small Holdings — 

 Some Considerations on their Successful Establishment. 



Science and the problem of rural life, H. Plunkett (Rpt. Brit. Assoc. 

 Adv. Sci., 1908, pp. l'96-80.'i). — This is an address delivered before the Dublin 

 meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, previously 

 noted (E. S. R., 20, p. 298). 



First general assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture 

 {Institut Inteniationul D' Agriculture. Asscmblee Generale. Rome, 190S, pp. 

 112). — This contains the list of delegates, rules and regulations, and the report 

 of the proceedings from November 27 to December 1, 1908. 



Value of farm lands East and West, H. C. Price {Amer. Agr., 83 (1909), 

 No. 2(j, p. 721). — The relative values of eastern and western farm lands are 

 compared and the economic advantages of eastern farm lands as to fertility, 

 markets, and transportation facilities are emphasized. 



List of farms occupied and unoccupied for sale or rent in New York State, 

 R. R. RiDDELL (X. Y. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. Farm Bui. Ji, pp. 165, pis. 14, 

 map 1). — This is a detailed list of such farms arranged alphabetically by coun- 

 ties. The dilferent farms are described as to size, location as to markets and 

 transportation facilities, character of farm lands, house and barn accommoda- 

 tions, price, owner, terms of rent or sale, etc. 



Rural depopulation and scarcity of labor, H. von Knebel Doeberitz 

 (Ztscltr. AgnivpolUik, 7 (J909), Xo. 5, pp. 2.>iJf-2.50). — This ax'ticle summarizes 

 the views of various authors who have considered the agrarian problem in Ger- 

 many from different points of view, criticises the positions taken as offering no 

 satisfactory solution of the problem, and suggests as a means of preventing 

 rural depopulation and a lack of farm laborers a change in the emigration 

 laws and the establishment of farms for laborers. 



