yO EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



of irrigating crops, the extension of agricnltural instruction especially in the 

 common schools, road improvement, the organization of agricultural credit by 

 means of Raiffeisen or similar l)anks, and agricultural coojieraton. 



Report on the condition of agriculture in East Flanders during 1906 {Rap. 

 Affi: Fluiidre-Oriciitale, 1906,_pp. 19). — This includes statistics on the yields of 

 field crops and fruits, and on horse and cattle breeding, together with notes on 

 the weather conditions affecting agriculture, new methods of culture, agricul- 

 tural industries and associations, etc. 



International cooperative bibliography (London: International Cooperative 

 Alliance, 1906, pp. XXXVII + 276). — A list of 5,761 entries on cooperative liter- 

 ature. Agriculture proper has 915 entries and rural credit societies 557 entries — 

 a total of 1,472. This places agriculture in the lead of all other forms of coop- 

 eration. France heads the list in respect to cooperation applied to agriculture, 

 Italy in regard to credit cooperation, and the United Kingdom in general sub- 

 jects and distribution. 



Agricultural credit in Germany, W. Fawcett (West Indian Bid., 7 {1906), 

 Xo. 4, pp. 317-3:^3). — Statistics are presented on the growth of credit societies 

 in Germany, with particular reference to the operations of the Schulze-Delitzsch, 

 Raiffeisen, and other cooperative and state banks. On January 1, 1905, there 

 were 1,595 societies for the purchase of agricultural supplies, 3,002 societies for 

 the manufacture of dairy and other products, and 082 other agricultural 

 societies. The members of these societies secure credit through the Raiffeisen 

 local banks connected with central or district banks. Loans are advanced only 

 for reproductive purposes. The administration of the local banks is honorary, 

 " no salary being paid except a trifling sum to the secretary, and .all profits 

 realized go to a reserve fund." 



Agriculture in our industries {U. 8. Dept. Agr., Office Sec. Circ. 23, pp. 8). — 

 A speech delivered by the Secretary of Agriculture at Pittsburg, Pa., April 27, 

 1907, in which a brief account is given of some of the lines of woi"k of this 

 Department and their practical application in the beet sugar, denatured alcohol, 

 rice, matting, camphor, cotton, and tobacco industries, the control of animal 

 diseases, the maintenance of the nitrogen siipply, the purification of water 

 systems, the transportation of perishable crops, and in other ways. 



Crop Reporter {U. 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. 8tatis. Crop Reporter, 9 {1907), 

 No. 7, pp. 'i9-36). — Statistics on the condition, acreage, and prices of agricultural 

 products in the United States and foreign countries are summarized and 

 discussed. 



Tbe yields in German agriculture during the last generation, E. Wehriede 

 {Landw. Jahrb., 36 (1907), No. 1, pp. 59-i 8-'/). —Statistical data with discussion 

 of the number of hectares under cultivation, the yields of the principal field 

 crops, the industrial products of agriculture, the development in animal indus- 

 try, prices of commercial fertilizers and feeding stuffs, etc., from 1870 to 1904, 

 inclusive. The yields are discussed in relation to the law of diminishing returns 

 in agricultui'e. A bibliogi-aphy of German agricultural statistics is appended. 



Cereal production in 1906 (^Veroffentl. K. Vng. Aclcerh. Min., 1907, No. 6, 

 pp. 21). — The acreage and yields of wheat, rye, barley, oats, and corn in the 

 •various grain-producing countries of the world are tabulated and discussed. In 

 some instances similar data regarding potatoes are included. 



Statistics of the most important branches of agriculture in Bohemia 

 for the season of 1905-6 (Mitt. 8tatis. Landesanit. Bohvien, 10 (1907), 

 No. 1, pt. 2, pp. 53). — Statistics of yields and acreage under cereal and other 

 crops, including the extent of fallow land, meadows, and beet-sugar i)roduction. 



Trade and agriculture of the consular district of Odessa for the year 

 1906, C. S. Smith et al. (Diplo. and Cons. Rpts. [London], Ann. 8er., 1907, 



