688 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED 



The agricultural labor problem, H. Thiel et al. {Jahrb. Dent. Landic. 

 GeselL, 24 {1909), No. 2, pp. 461-527, dgms. 4)- — These ai-e a series of addresses 

 delivered at the meeting of the German Agricultural Society held June 11, 1909, 

 and dealing with the more important features of the farm labor problem in 

 Germany. Among the topics discussed are fai-m management and the scarcity 

 of labor, the arbitration of labor disputes, settlements of laborers, the promo- 

 tion of rural welfare, the rural school problem, rural amusements, and agricul- 

 tural instruction in rural schools. 



The agricultural labor problem in Saxony, B. Moll {Die Landarbeiter- 

 frage im Konigreich Sachseii. Lcipsic, 190S; rev. in Sachs. Landw. Ztschr., 

 51 {1909), No. 4, pp. 52, 53). — The defects in the ti'eatment of the agricultural 

 labor problem in the Kingdom of Saxony in the author's booli ai'e discussed 

 in this review, with particular reference to the history and statistics, the classi- 

 fication of laborers, the means for relieving the lack of laborers, arbitration 

 commissions, and labor organizations. 



An inquiry regarding agricultural small holdings {Bui. Mens. Off. Ren- 

 seig. Agr. [Paris], 8 {1909), Nos. 3, pp. 347-351; 4, PP- 468-511; 5, pp. 659-699; 

 6, pp. 768-806; 7, pp. 929-965). — This is a series of monographs giving the size, 

 character, vahie, and other economic data relating to land ownership in France, 

 arranged alphabetically by provinces. 



Cooperation in the tenure of small holdings, Mrs. Roland Wilkins (Jour. 

 Bd. Agr. [London], 16 {1909), No. 5, pp. 353-364) .—This article describes the 

 results of cooperation in the process of acquiring and holding land in England 

 under the provisions of the small holdings act of 1907, together with the worli 

 of the Agricultural Organization Society in promoting cooperation among small 

 holders and practical illustrations of the success of the movement up to the 

 present time. It is the author's opinion that small holdings will only be suc- 

 cessful on the basis of cooperation among the members and that "no pains 

 should be spared to see that the cooperative idea is at the root of every scheme 

 for the further extension of such holdings." 



The marketing of agricultural products in England, F. Brinkmann 

 {FilliUng's Landw. Ztg., 58 {1909), No. 7, pp. 247-261)'.— The author traces the 

 development of the various marketing systems in different parts of England for 

 the disposal of wheat, barley, oats, hops, hay, straw, and live stock, as compared 

 with methods of marketing in Scotland, Wales, and Germany, with a discussion 

 of the economic effects on the producer and on the development of agricultural 

 cooperation in England. 



It is shown that under the commercial development of Great Britain during 

 the past half century, the purchasing of such products in the markets has re- 

 sulted in the creation of a class of men who are expert buyers, possessing a 

 knowledge of the markets and quality of the goods which the ordinary producer 

 . can not obtain, and that such buyers, in connivance with traders, millers, 

 brewers, butchers, and even with the auctioneers, where goods are sold by auc- 

 tion in certain markets, take advantage of the producers and purchase goods 

 far below their actual value. To secure better returns for their products, the 

 producers have formed cooperative associations, and the character and growth 

 of these societies have been largely determined by the commercial and marketing 

 systems which there prevail for the disposal of staple products. 



Establishment and working of the sugar industry agricultural bank at 

 Barbados, J. F. Clarke {West Indian Bui., 9 {1908), No. 2, pp. 133-137; 

 Haivaii. Planters' Mo., 28 {1909), No. 7, pp. 266-270) .—The difficulties under 

 which sugar planters labored to secure means for the cultivation of their crops 

 from 1884 to 1907 are described in this article, together with a description of 



