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stock at markets, and tlio iiiiiMH-ts and exports of agricultural eoinnioditios for 

 tlie year 1!K)6. The imports of staple food products showed a slight gain per 

 capita over preceding years. 



The quantities of principal food products imported in 190G were per head of 

 I»opulation : Wheat 239 lbs., flour 36 lbs., potatoes 10 lbs., meat 47.3 lbs., butter 

 and margarine ]3.1> 11)S., cheese 0.8 lbs., and eggs 52. The total number of eggs 

 imjiorted in 11)00 was 2,204,.SS7.000. It is claimed that the statistics show a 

 gi'owing dependence of the population upon sui)plies from abroad, but that the 

 British colonies are in general gradually displacing foreign competition. 



Part 4 gives detailed statistics of the acre^e and yields of crops and number 

 of liv^ stock in the British Empire and foreign countries for 1906 in comparison 

 with similar data for the two preceding years. The prices of agricultural prod- 

 uce in the chief colonial and foreign markets are included. 



Report on agriculture for the Province of New Brunswick for the year 

 1906, L. P. Fakkis (Kpt. Ayr. Xcw Bruii.'ncich-, 1006, pi). SI2 + IV).— The acre- 

 age and yields of crops and the outi)ut of dairy products for the year 1900 are 

 reiK)rted and discussed. The papers and addresses on agricultural topics de- 

 livered at the sixth annual maritime winter fair, together with reports of the 

 proceedings of the agricultural societies of the province, are included. 



The economic relations of agriculture in North Schleswig, H. Bachmann 

 (Landw. Jahrh., 36 (1907), No. 3, pp. 7/2J-.'/7i). — The author gives data derived 

 from 10 farms ranging from 28 to 101 hectares (09.2 to 249.5 acres) in size 

 and from 1 farm of 230 hectares (508.1 ac-res) as to the quantity of land under 

 cultivation, the percentages of different croi>s grown, and the amount of capi- 

 tal invested which is differentiated and discussetl under the titles of land, 

 buildings, live stock, implements, and circulating capital, the percentage rela- 

 tions of the value of each form of capital to the others being pointed out. He 

 also presents statistics on the cost of production and returns on investment and 

 labor. In the latter case comiuirisons between the wages of hired labor and 

 the members of the family, individually and collectively, are made. 



Natal agricultural statistics [for 1906J (Natal Agt: Jour, and ilin. Rcc, 

 to (1907), No. 7, pp. 772-777). — Tabulated data on the results of European 

 farming in the colony including the acreage and yields of crops, the number of 

 agricultural iuiplements, machinery, accessories, and live stocli owned by Euro- 

 l)eans, the nature, quantity, and value of animal products, and the number, 

 kind, and wages of farm laborers are reported. 



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Report of committee on extension work, 1906-7 (U. S. Dcpt. Affr.t Office 

 Ejpt. Stas. Circ. 75, pp. 16). — This is the second report of the committee on ex- 

 tension work of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experi- 

 ment Stations. It embodies a compilation of information secured from 40 of the 

 hind-grant institutions concerning the extension work already undertaken by 

 them, and recommendations by the committee that each of the colleges repre- 

 sented in the association organize as soon as practicable a department of exten- 

 sion teaching in agriculture, or. in case this is at present impracticable, that 

 they appoint in each case a faculty committee to carry on this work. 



The farmer's debt to science, F. W. Bicknell (Aincr. Mo. Rrr. of Rcricwx, 

 36 (1907), No. 2, pp. 186-19 Ji, pgs. 10).— This, is a discussion of the short courses, 

 extension work, county exiieriment stations, animal husl)andry work, and domes- 

 tic science teaching of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 



Agricultural and industrial schools in Iowa, W. Louden (1907, pp. 23). — 

 This is an address before the Iowa manufacturers' meeting at Council Bluffs, 



