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study of tlif comiiarativc liguros of tlio main imrsuits of the aj^ricultural iu- 

 (lustrj- shows a similar decline. A point of interest, however, is " that the 

 increase in the number of agricultural laborers from 1870 to 1900, inclusive, 

 was only oL'.S per cent, against an increase of 73 per cent in the total number 

 of persons engaged in the chief agricultural pursuits and an increase of 90.3 

 per cent in the number of farmers, planters, and overseers. If this is unsatis- 

 factory from the point of view of the farmer who happens to be suffering for 

 lack of needed help, it is gratifying to one whose pleasure is in the increase of 

 the independent classes rather than in that of the classes dependent on wages." 



Crop Reporter (T. .Sf. Drpf. Af/r., Bur. Statiti. Crop Reporter, 10 {1908), No. 

 5, pp. SJ~iO). — The usual data as to the condition of crops in the United States 

 and f(n-eign countries and the yields, value, and prices of agricultural products 

 are discussed, together with an article on the numbers engaged in the chief 

 agricultural pursuits, 1S70-1900, noted above. 



Statistical report of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture for December 

 1, 1907, E. E, McCoy (111. Bd. Ayr. Circ. 2W, pp. yo).— Statistical data of acre- 

 age, yields, and value of crops, number and value of live stock, and quantity and 

 value of dairy and other products raised in the State in 1907. Of a total value 

 of !fiL'SO.0(!O.02O, corn heads the list with a value of $111,344,922. 



Agricultural statistics, Ireland, 1907, W. G. S. Adams {Dept. Agr. and Tech. 

 lu-str. Ircluinl. A</r. Static. J'J07. pp. -'i'/). — Data are presented on the acreage in 

 crops, the estimated yields, and the number and kind of live stock in each 

 county of Ireland in 1907. 



Land occupation, live stock, and agriculture in New Zealand, E. J. von 

 Dadelszen {yew Zeal. Off. Yearbook 1907, pp. SS'i-.'/lO). — Statistical data on 

 the number and size of holdings, number and kinds of live stock, and acreage 

 and yields of the principal crops in 1907 are tabulated in comparison with sim- 

 ilar data for preceding years and discussed. Of a total of 72,338, holdings of 

 the following size present the largest proportions: From 1 to 10 acres, 20,455; 

 from 10 to 50 acres, 12,012; and from 100 to 200 acres, 10,251. The total of 

 occupied land in 1907 was 37,408,473 acres. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Notes on the history of agricultural pedagogy in the United States, A. C. 

 True {Proc. Soe. Prom. Agr. 8ei., 28 {1907), pp. 8'i-106). — This paper, pre- 

 sented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural 

 Science held at Lansing, Mich., May 27, 1907, includes an account of the general 

 development of pedagogical ideas in Europe and America from about the mid- 

 dle of the seventeenth century to the present time, and the history of agricul- 

 tural pedagogics — the time during which agriculture has been taught in our 

 schools, divided into four periods, viz, (1) the tentative period, from 1820-1857, 

 when efforts were made to establish agricultural instruction in elementary pub- 

 lic schools, ])rivate secondary schools, colleges under the head of agricultural 

 chemistry, and State agricultural colleges; (2) the period of organization of 

 agricultural colleges, from 1857-1880; (3) the ex])erinient station period, from 

 1880-1895: and (4) the period of specialization and expansion, from 1895-1907. 



History of colleg'iate education in agriculture, E. Davenport {Proc. Soc. 

 Prom. Agr. ScL, 28 {1907), pp. Ji3-53). — The writer deals esi)ecially with the 

 various influences which led up to the legislation of 18G2 known as the Land- 

 grant Act or the first Morrill Act, and traces at some length the movement in 

 Illinois under the leadership of .Tonathan B. Turner, one of the early professors 

 in Illinois College, at Jacksonville. 



