1190 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD, 



The economic relations of peasant farms, von IIerust {Landiv. Jalirh., 37 

 (1908), No. 2, pp. ,3Sl-.'i22). — This article tabulates and discusses the land 

 values, capital invested in buildings and live stock, and detailed economic 

 operations of 19 farms situated in different districts of Germany, containing 

 about 1,340 acres of land. 



The returns from a large-size farm in Prignitz, von Putlitz (Landw. 

 JaJirh.. 36 {1907). Xo. ■)-(>, pp. S6.3-90S). — This article presents the detailed 

 operations of a large farm for a number of years, with a discussion of the 

 results of the inquiry as applied to the economic welfare of proprietors and all 

 classes of farm helii. 



The agricultural labor problem, von Braun {Vrfljscin: Bayer. Landio. Rat., 

 12 (1907), Ko. .'/, pp. 489-501). — This article gives a general review of the 

 farm labor problem in Germany with particular reference to Bavaria. The 

 causes leading to the scarcity of farm labor and the abandonment of farms 

 are reviewed in detail and the so-called advantages of the industrial worker 

 over the average condition of the farm laborer are shown to be without foun- 

 dation. In the author's opinion the remedy for the agricultural labor problem 

 lies in affording opportunities to farm laborers to attain to better paying 

 positions in farm life and in a system of land colonization by settling work- 

 men with families on the land. 



Agriculture and the American panic, Yernieuwe (Jour. Soc. Cent. Agr. BeJg., 

 55 (1908), Xo. 5, pp. I.'f2-147). — This paper by the director of the ministry of 

 agriculture discusses the American credit system, its relation to financial 

 panics, and the effects of the recent panic on the agricultural industry in the 

 United States and Europe. 



Agricultural legislation in France, H. L. Rudloff (Laiidw. Jahrb., 37 (1908), 

 Xo. 1, pp. l-'i3). — In this article extracts of the laws relating to trade organi- 

 zations, mutual credit societies and banks, agricultural warrants, cooperative 

 organizations, and insurance societies are presented and discussed, together 

 with statistical data on their development, membership, and financial standing. 



The law of December 29, 1906, and the agricultural cooperative societies, 

 L. Tardy (Rev. Vit., 29 (1908), Xo. 7'i5, pp. 345-3^9).— The main provisions of 

 the law regulating the control of the government loan of 40,000,000 francs for 

 agricultural cooperation are discussed, and the advantages to cooperative socie- 

 ties of being able to borrow capital under its provisions are illustrated by 

 means of an account of tlie progress made by the wine cooperative society of 

 Camps which l)orrowed capital for 20 years at 1.5 per cent interest. 



Cooperative societies of production, De Guillebert des P^ssars (Prog. Agr. 

 et Vit. (Ed. r Est-Centre), 29 (1908), Xo. 15, pp. J/55-459) .—This is a plea that 

 societies of agricultural laboi-ers for the cooperative production of crops which 

 have been or may be formed in France should be entitled to the privileges of 

 securing credit under the provisions of the law of December 29, 1906. 



Agricultural credit banks in the colonies (Jour. Bd. Agr. [London], I'f 

 (1908), Xo. 11, pp. 689-691). — The government of the Cape of Good Hope has 

 passed a law advancing the sum of £1,000,000 for the purpose of furnishing 

 credit to farmers desirous of improving their property and promoting agri- 

 cultural interests. Loans may be made from £50 to £3,000 at 5 per cent interest, 

 secured by first mortgage not exceeding two-thirds the value of the property. 



The Transvaal government has authorized the use of £2,500,000 for similar 

 purposes, and Natal and Western Australia have'l)assed laws to furnish agri- 

 cultural credit to farmers on approved land and improvements security for 

 loans i-anging from £50 to £1,500. 



Transvaal land and agricultural bank (Transvaal Agr. Jour., 6 (1908), 

 Xo. 22, pp. 331, 332, 369). — The purpose of this bank is to promote agriculture 



