198 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



separate branches of agriculture may be mentioned the efforts to introduce improved 

 races of cattle and hogs by buying good stock and selling it to the farmers on easy 

 terms. — 1\ FIREMAN. 



Description of individual Russian farms (Selsk. Khoz. i Lyesov., 186 (1S97), July, 

 pp. 1-71; Aug., pp. 315-876; is; i 189"/ ), Oct., pp. 1-95; Nov., pp. 241-280; Dec, pp. 493- 

 517). — The Ministry <>f Agriculture commissioned a number of experts to describe the 

 methods of farming in different localities of Russia by describing individual farms, 

 especially those that present some particular points of interest. The object was two- 

 fold: (1) to familiarize the tanners with the successful improvements and innovations, 

 and (2) to spread information as to the places where proper seeds, fruit trees, pure- 

 blooded animals, etc., could be directly obtained without the intervention of middle- 

 men. Through the latter means it was hoped that direct cooperation between agri- 

 cult mists would be encouraged and confidence in useful innovations increased. — P. 



FIREMAN. 



Review of the activity of the Ministry of Agriculture and Government Es- 

 tates for the third year of its existence, March 30, 1896-March 30, 1897 (St. 

 Petersburg, 1897, pp. VI, 389; abs. in Selsk. Khoz. i Lyesov., 187 (1897), Oct. p. 231). 

 Among the most important work accomplished during this period was the solution 

 in a legislative way of the questions of granting loans for agricultural improvements 

 and of providing the peasants with land in four Siberian governments — Tobolsk, 

 Tomsk, Yeniseisk, and Irkoutsk. Of the measures which are proposed especial stress 

 is laid on the spreading agricultural information, in part among women, by estah- 

 lishiug corresponding secondary and lower schools. — P. fireman. 



Agricultural holdings in Germany (Jour. Bd. Ayr. [London}, 5, No. 1, pp. 

 29-35). — Size and modes of tenure of agricultural land in Germany and a compar- 

 ison with the holdings in Great Britain. 



Finnish agriculture, X. Grotenfelt (Her. Andra Nord. Landtbr. Kongr., Stock- 

 holm, 1897, I, pp. 240-256). 



Catalogue of reports and bulletins of New Jersey Stations and index of 

 reports, 1880-1897 (New Jersey Stas. Spec. Bui. B, pp. 44). 



Accessions to the Department library, January-March, 1898 (/ r . S. Dept. 

 Ayr., Library Bui. Apr., 1898, pp. 33). 



The promotion of agricultural science, I. P. Roberts (Proc. Soc. Prom. Ayr. 

 Set., 1897, pp. 82-85). — Suggestions as to methods of making information in agri- 

 cultural science available to the rural population of the country. 



Agricultural association in the Scandinavian countries, P. Fahlbeck, G. 

 Taxdkehg, and J. C. La ('our (Ber. Andra Nord. Landtbr. Kongr., Stockholm, 1897, I, 

 pp. 490-518; II, App. 15, pp. 15). 



Report of the Chemical and Seed Control Station at Aabo, Finland, 1895 

 (Landtbr. Styr. Meddel, 1897, No. 19, pp. Li!'. 140). 



Agricultural counselors in the Scandinavian countries, J. Nathorst (Ber. 

 Andra Nord. Landtbr. Kongr., Stockholm, 1897, I, }U K 51—72). 



Agricultural education in Spain (Jour. Bd. Agr. [London], 5, No. 1, p. 79). — A 

 short note giving a general description of agricultural education in Spain. The 

 annual expenditure on agricultural education, including the payment of agricultural 

 engineers, experts, foremen, etc., is a little over $280,000. 



Report on agricultural education in Denmark, M. Hey (Bui. [Mln. Agr. France], 

 1(1 (1SU7), No. 1, pp. 147-16S). — A description of the system of agricultural education 

 in Denmark. 



Technical instruction for farm women, H. Tveter (Ber. Andra Nord. Landtbr. 

 Kongr., Stockholm, 1897, I, pp. 282-286; II, App. 7, pp. 14). 



Agricultural institutions in Denmark, N. Heyman (Ber. Andra Nord. Landtbr. 

 Kongr., Stockholm, 1897, I, pp. .'07-209). 



Bird day in the schools, T. S. Palmer ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Biological Survey Circ. 

 17, pp. 4). — A popular circular designed to awaken au interest in birds and establish 

 a day on which special attention will be given to birds in schools, etc. 



