VIII CONTENTS. 



Pago. 



Irrigation in Kansas, Bark 289 



Report of the public works department, irrigation branch, Bengal, 1907-8 289 



The theory of drainage, Anderson 290 



Report of the commissioner of public roads 290 



Peat deijosits of Maine, Bastin and Davis 290 



[A peat gas producer] 290 



The increased use of electric power in agriculture, Krohne 290 



A new motor plow 291 



Farm practices in applying land plaster in Oregon and Washington, Hunter 291 



[A new corn shock loader] 291 



Cement pipe and tile, Hanson 291 



Concrete silos, Gaylord and Wilson 292 



RURAL ECONOMICS. 



Decline of farming in southern-central New York, Tarr 292 



The agricultural labor problem in South Russia, Sagorsky 292 



Rural conditions in the United States 292 



The agricultural holdings act, 1908 293 



Agricultural legislation in France, Rudloff 293 



The significance of the colonial system to agriculture in Germany, Wohltmann . . 293 



Agriculture in Italy and the spread of socialism in rural districts, Poggi 293 



Agricultural associations and their functions. Convert 293 



How shall the farmer pay off his mortgage? 293 



Agricultural credit in Roumania 293 



The progress of cooperative societies 293 



The agricultural labor system in Chile, Coignard 293 



The scarcity of farm laborers, Bertoni 294 



The rights of farm laborers, Schlegelberger and Schroeder. 294 



The insurance of farm laborers against accidents at their work, Gobbi et al 294 



Farm bookkeeping, Orwin 294 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Biennial Report of Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station, 1907-8 294 



Fifteenth Annual Report of Montana Station, 1908 294 



Twenty-first Annual Report of New York Cornell Station, 1908 294 



Annual Report of Pennsylvania Station, 1908 294 



Twenty-first Annual Report of Rhode Island Station, 1908 ■. 295 



Report of the director, 1908, Russell 295 



State fair meeting of the Ohio State Horticultural Society 295 



Experiment Station Work, LI 295 



Durability and economy in papers for permanent records, Wiley and Merriam. . 295 



Paper specifications, Veitch 295 



