890 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



now in operation. The interest cliarged on loans to shareholders is 10 per cent 

 per annum, a rate that is regarded as surprisingly low by people who have been 

 accustomed to paying anywhere from 120 to 240 per cent interest. The benefits 

 of such banks to fai-mers having no security except their crops are pointed out. 



Agricultural associations in the department of Constantine, L. Arripe 

 and H. Perruchot {BuL Off. Goiwt. G6n. Algeric, J 907, No. 23, Sup., pp. 335- 

 368). — An account is given of the history and development of the chamber of 

 agriculture, the principal agricultural and horticultural societies, mutual credit 

 banks, agricultural associations, insurance societies, and agricultural coop- 

 erative organizations in the department of Constantine, Algeria. The coop- 

 erative societies numbered 67 with 197,060 members and had a capital on Sep- 

 tember 30, 1906, of 6,617,703 francs. 



Mutual agricultural credit in Algeria in 1907 (Bui. Off. Gouvt. Gen. Al- 

 gerie, lit {1908), No. 6, pp. 83-86; Bui. Mens. Off. Renseig. Agr. [Paris], 7 

 (1908), pp. 261-266). — The district banks on January 1, 1907, numbered 27, 

 with 129 affiliated local mutual credit banks. Loans from State funds amounted 

 to 3,062,300 francs in 1906, the rates of interest charged by the various local 

 banks ranging from 3 to 7 per cent. The advancement of government aid to 

 mutual credit banks is i-egarded as placing agricultural credit in Algeria on a 

 firm basis. 



rarm bookkeeping, H. E. King (Transcaal Agr. Jour., 5 (1907), No. 19, 

 pp. 629-646). — A system of double-entry bookkeeping that can be kept by any 

 farmer is illustrated and discussed. 



The computation of the gross receipts of a farm, E. Laur (Fiihling's 

 Landtv. Ztg., 56 (1907), No. 23, pp. 801-813) .—The principles and methods of 

 calculating the gross returns of a farm are described and illustrated. 



What the farm means to the South, D. A. Willey (Tradesman, 58 (1907), 

 No. 4, pp. 136, 137). — The author shows by statistics how agricultural condi- 

 tions have improved in the South during the past half century, the increase of 

 diversified crop culture, the reduction in size and the increase in number of 

 farms, and maintains that no section of the country offers better opportunities 

 for farm immigrants and the safe investment of capital. Of the total number 

 of farms in the South Atlantic States 350,000 are cultivated by their owners, and 

 25,000 are rented to tenants paying cash rentals, while the balance are rented 

 to tenants who pay the owners of farms a portion of the year's harvest. 



Crop Reporter (17. 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. Crop Reporter, 10 (1908), No. 3, 

 pp. 17-24 ) . — Notes are given on the condition of crops in the United States and 

 foreign countries, with statistical data on the acreage, yields, values, exports, 

 and prices of the more important agricultural products. 



Crop statistics of Nebraska, 1907, J. J. Ryder (Neir. Bur. Labor and Indus. 

 Statis. Bui. 12, pp. 60). — Statistics of the acreage and yields of crops are tabu- 

 lated and discussed. The value of 10 principal crops of the State in 1907 was 

 $170,479,760, as compared with $159,467,414 in 1906. 



[Agricultural statistics of Germany], D. Meyer (IUus. Landw. Ztg., 27 

 (1907), Nos. 67, pp. 587-590; 68, pp. 595-598).— Data of the yields, imports, and 

 exports of the principal crops and of the home and foreign trade in live stock 

 for the 5-year period 1902-1906 are discussed and compared with similar data 

 for the period 1897-1901. 



Agricultural statistics of Prussia for 1906, E. Blenck (Preuss. Statis., 

 1906, No. 202, pp. ZL/F+ 65). —Data regarding the acreage and yields of the 

 most important crops, including hop and wine production, for the year 1906, 

 and on the number, severity, frequency and damage of hailstorms and floods in 

 1905 are tabulated and discussed. 



