STATISTICS MISCELLANEOUS. 5 ! • !) 



Cold storage (Hpt. Com. Agr. and Dairying, Canada, 1897, pt. 5, pp. 87, Jigs. 50, pis. 

 6). — The different uses, methods, and applications of cold storage arc discussed, 

 plans are given for construction of ice house, refrigerator room, cold-storage room 

 for a creamery, and cold-storage buildings of several kinds. 



Preliminary results of trials of mowers, horserakes, and hay-turning ma- 

 chines at Stend, Norway, 1898, N. Syerdrup (Tidsskr. Xorske Landir., 5 (1S98), 

 No.S,pp. 398-400). 



STATISTICS— MISCELLANEOUS. 



Ninth Annual Report of Delaware Station, 1897 {Delaware Sta. Ept. 1897, pp. 

 232). — This contains a financial statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, 

 a report of the director, including a review of national and State legislation on 

 anthrax, and reports of the various departments noted elsewhere. 



Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1897 ( U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 

 1897, pp. 792, pis. 40, figs. 45). — This includes a general report by the Secretary on 

 the operations of the Department during the year; articles setting forth the work 

 of the several bureaus, divisions, and offices; numerous semipopular articles 

 noted elsewhere; and an appendix containing notes on the organization of the 

 Department, a list of the agricultural colleges and stations in the several States, a 

 list of the Department publications for the year, data on feeding, fertilizers, and fun- 

 gicides; a list of one hundred of the most valuable trees in the United States, with 

 their characteristics and uses and their preferred environment; tables showing the 

 number and value of farm animals, the acreage and value of the principal crops, 

 the imports and export? *f agricultural products, and transportation rates. The 

 volume has a comprehensive index. 



Agricultural production and prices, G. K. Holmes ( U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook, 1897, 

 pp. 577-606). — By means of statistical tables and discussion the author presents a 

 review of the development of the agricultural resources of the United States; treats 

 of various economic questions, as tenancy, wages, production, labor, and capital in 

 reference to agriculture; and considers the economic use of fertilizers, and prices of 

 agricultural products, pointing out influences that depress prices, viz : " Production 

 increasing faster than population, necessitating the meeting of cheaper foreign agri- 

 cultural labor in the world's market ; cheaper transportation ; cheaper cost of produc- 

 tion due to machines and improved implements; reduced expenses of marketing; 

 the dissemination of information and the multiplying of the means and facilities of 

 transportation, preventing scarcity with respect both to time and place, and thus 

 steadying prices." 



Visit to Great Britain and Ireland (Rpt. Com. Agr. and Dairying, Canada, 1897, 

 pt. 6, pp. 32). — Among other matter this bulletin gives statistics of the amount of 

 foods imported into Great Britain during several years. 



Constitutions and by-laws for farmers' organizations J. Hamilton {Penn- 

 sylvania Dept. Agr. Bid. 36, pp. 72, dgms. 2). 



Some books on agriculture and sciences related to agriculture, published 

 1896-1898 ( U 8. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment Station* Circ. SS, pp. 45).— A bib- 

 liographical list of more than 450 publications. 



Agricultural outlook for the coast region of Alaska, W. H. Evans I U. S. Dept. 

 Agr. Yearbook 1897, pp. 552-576, pis. 4). — The substance of this article has already 

 been issued as Bulletin 48 of this Office (E. S. R., 9, p. 1097). 



On the development of Swedish agricultural technical industries during the 

 past 25 years, A. G. Ekstrand (K. Landt. Akad. Hand I. luUkr., 87 {1898), Xo. 4, 

 pp. 203-246.) 



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