294 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



farms for the acconmuKliition of the laboiei's, aud the way that the farm help 

 l.ass their time on Smulays ami holidays. The wages received are estimated 

 as equivalent to nearly 700 francs per year (about $13")), and fully one-half 

 of this amount the lal)orer can save if temperate and industrious. 



The scarcity of farm laborers, G. Bertoni {Coltwatore, 55 (1909), No. 18, 

 pp. 5'i9-.j5I). — The author calls attention to the scarcity of farm laborers in 

 Lombardy, Venetia, and the whole of south Italy as a result of emigration, and 

 urges upon the government the necessity of proper legislation as a means of 

 in-eventing further rural depopulation throughout Italy. 



The rights of farm laborers, Schlegelberger and Schroeder (Jahrb. Dent. 

 Ldiidir. 6'r.sr//.. .?// (IDOD), No. 1, pp. 36-50). — This includes two papei'S pre- 

 sented before the meeting of the German Agricultural Society at IJerlin on 

 February 24. 1909. 



The papers deal with the relations i-ecognized by the German law as existing 

 between the farmer and his hired help of all kinds, with particular reference 

 to the legal rights of laborers and domestics as to the interpretation of con- 

 tracts, the giving of notices as to discontinuance of services, hours of labor con- 

 situting a day's work, and other factors bearing on the economic life of the 

 different classes of farm hands. 



The insurance of farm laborers against accidents at their work, IT. Gobbi 

 ET AL. (Bui. Agr. \2inan], J,2 (1908), Ao.s. 35, p. 1; 36, p. 2; 38, pp. 1. 2; 39, p. 

 2). — This is a report of a commission appointed at a congress of the Agri- 

 cultural Society of Lombardy, which treats of the different kinds of accident 

 insurance societies for farm laborers in Italy, together witli their organization, 

 operation, amount of ])remiums. etc. 



Farm bookkeeping, C. S. Orwin (Jour. Roji. Agr. Soc. EngUnid, 69 (1008), 

 pp. Jf9-62). — An outline of a system of bookkeeping for farmers is i)resented. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



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

 (Misf^ouri Fruit Hta. Rpt. 1901-8, pp. 18). — This includes a financial statement 

 for the biennial period ended November 30, 1908, a report of the director on 

 the work of the station for the biennium and its present needs, and reports 

 of the entomologist and plant iiathologist noted elsewhere in this issue. 



Fifteenth Annual Report of Montana Station, 1908 (Montana f^ta. Rpt. 

 1908, pp. 167-186). — This contains the organization list, a financial statement 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908, a report of the director on the work 

 and publications of the station during the year, lists of station publications, 

 donations, and loans, and a meteorological summary of temperature, precipi- 

 tation, wind direction, sunshine, cloudiness, and frost during 19(»s. 



Twenty-fi.rst Annual Report of New York Cornell Station, 1908 (New 

 York Cornell Stu. Rpt. 1908, pp. XXXVII+265-',92+68+2^^).—'rh\s report, 

 which is not intended for general distribution, contains the organization list 

 of the station, a report of the president of the university, a report of the 

 director which includes brief statements of the main lines of work of the 

 various departments, a statement of expenditures under the State appropriation 

 for the fiscal year ended Sejitember 30, 1908, and reprints of Bulletins 250-258 

 and of Circulars 1-3, which have been previously noted. 



Annual Report of Pennsylvania Station, 1908 ( Pennsii/lvania Sta. Rpt. 

 1908, pp. 213). — This contains the organization list, a financial statement for 

 the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908, a report of the director on the work and 

 publications of the station during the year, and departmental reports of which 

 that of the meteorologist is abstracted on page 213 of this issue. The rejjort 



