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and in foreign ships; the value of the trade with each of the principal countries of 

 the world; data on the Spanish merchant marine, and on the vessels entering and 

 clearing from the several customs districts of Spain, and tonnage of the same; and 

 notes and data relative to the duties levied upon agricultural products imported 

 from the different countries of the world. 



Our trade with Spain, 1888-1897, P. H. Hitchcock ( U. S. Dcpt. Agr., Section of 

 Foreign Markets Bui. 12, pp. 47).— A review and analysis of the commerce between 

 Spain and the United States during the years 1888 to 1897, compiled largely from 

 the United States Customs Reports, with tables showing in detail the quantities and 

 value of the principal items of merchandise exported to and imported from that 

 country during each of the ten years under consideration. The United States trade 

 with Spain has decreased since 1883, when the combined imports and exports 

 amounted to $24,725,632, to 1897, when the total trade amounted to but $14,544,718. 



Final report on the crops of 1897, J. Hyde ( U. S. I'ept. Agr., Division of Statistics 

 Iipt. 155, n. ser.. pp. 30). — "A report on the area, production, and value of the prin- 

 cipal agricultural products for 1897, together with the farm prices of such products 

 on December 1 last and a meteorological record of the growing season." 



The following table summarizes this data for the whole country: 



Acreage, production, and value of the principal crops of the United states, in 1897. 



Crop. 



Corn 



Wheat .... 



Hay 



Cotton .... 



Oais 



Potatoes ... 



Barley 



llye 



Buckwheat 



Acres. 

 80, 095, 051 

 39, 465, 066 

 42, 426, 770 

 23, 273, 209 

 25, 730, 375 

 2. 534, 577 

 2,719,116 

 1, 703, 561 

 717, 836 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Bushels. 

 23.8 

 13.4 

 2 1.43 

 ".37 

 27.2 

 64.7 

 24.5 

 16.1 

 20.9 



Production. 



Bushels. 



1, 902, 967, 933 



530, 149, 168 



2 60,664,876 



4 8, 532, 705 



698, 767, 809 



164,015,964 



66, 685. 127 



27, 363. 324 



14, 997, 451 



Price per 



bushel. • 



Cents. 

 26.3 

 80.8 

 3 $6. 62 

 5 6. 78 

 21.2 

 54.7 

 37.7 

 44.7 

 42.1 



Value. 



$501, 

 428, 

 401, 

 291, 

 147, 

 89, 

 25, 

 12, 

 6, 



072, 952 

 547, 121 

 390, 728 

 811, 564 

 974, 719 

 643, 059 

 142, 139 

 239, 647 

 319, 188 



1 Average price December 1, 1897. 2 Tons. 3 Perton. '■Bales. 5 Per pound. 



Of the cotton crop, 104,368 bales were sea-island cotton, valued at 14.36 cents per 

 pound. 



Natural resources of Asia Minor; its chief animals, plants, and minerals, K. 

 Kannenberg (Eleinasiens Natursehaize, seine Tiere, Eulturpfianzen und Mineral schatze. 

 Berlin, Cehriider Borntraeger, 1897, pp.27S, pls.31). — This is written from an agricul- 

 tural and an historical standpoint and considers both wild and domestic animals and 

 plants. The peculiarities of the various domestic animals .and something of their 

 commercial importance and uses are brought out. Many of the wild animals, insects, 

 etc., are only briefly noted. In some cases something of the folk-lore concerning 

 them is given. 



Possibilities of agriculture in the Yukon district, W. Saunders (Central Expt. 

 Farm, Ottawa, Canada. Experimental Farm Notes, Feb. 1898, pp. 7). — The author 

 has compiled information relative to the climatic and meteorological conditions of 

 the upper Yukon region and gives notes on the possibility of growing vegetables in 

 the vicinity of Dawson. Notes are also given on the most northern points in Cana- 

 dian territory where cereals have ripened. 



Experiment station notes on miscellaneous subjects, J. H. Worst (North Dakota 

 Sta. Bui. 31, pp. 247-263). — A popular bulletin " intended to be instructive on a num- 

 ber of subjects of every-day interest." The following topics are treated: Maintain- 

 ing soil fertility, treatment of diseases of tield crops, seed grain and methods of cul- 

 tivation, trees and shrubbery for ornamental purposes, cultivation of small fruits, 

 and organization of cooperative dairy associations. 



The plow, cow, and steer (Eansas State Bd. Agr. Quart. Rpt., 1898, Mar. 31, pp. 

 200). — This popular, compiled report is "devoted to soil and crop culture as found 



