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by these methods and compare parcel-post and express rates and the limitations 

 in their service. 



The intrinsic values of grain, cotton-seed, flour, and similar products, 

 based on the dry-matter content, E. G. Boerner {U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 37^ 

 (1916), pp. 32, figs. 3). — In this report is pointed out the fact that the water 

 contained in grain, cotton seed, and similar products adds nothing to their 

 intrinsic value, while in many ways the excess of moisture is detrimental. The 

 methods of determining the comparative value of dry matter and the advan- 

 tages of buying and .selling on a dry-matter basis are discussed. A series of 

 statistical tables are included, showing the comparative values, on a dry-matter 

 basis, with varying moisture contents. 



Monthly crop report {V. S. Dept. Agr., Mo. Crop Rpt., 2 {W16), No. 9. pp. 

 85-96, figs. 4)- — This report contains the usual data regarding crop conditions, 

 estimated farm values of important farm products, and range of prices of 

 agricultural products at important markets, and special reports and data on 

 hogs, honey bees and honey plants, cotton, pecans, rice, cranberries, and beans, 

 onions, cabbage, and other truck crops. It also shows the estimated apple crop 

 by varieties, and the wheat production in some of the principal wheat-producing 

 countries of the world. There is also shown a diagram giving the variation in 

 prices of hogs and corn over a series of years. 



Statistical tables relating to wheat, G. F. Shirbas (Dept. Statis. India, 

 Stalls. Tables Wheat, 1916. pp. 11+32, pis. 4)- — In this report are given rlie 

 area and yield of wheat in India by Provinces and in selected countries, the 

 imports and exports, and the monthly movement and prices, together with the 

 trade of the United Kingdom. 



Farmers' cooperative corporations, A. E. Cance and L. J. Jefferson (Bui. 

 Vt. Dept. Agr., No. 24 (1915), pp. 48). — The authors have discu.ssed the essentials 

 of successful cooperation, the fundamentals of a cooperative corporation, pos- 

 sible fields for cooperation among farmers, standardization, federation of cooper- 

 ative societies, and how to form farmers' exchanges. There are also included 

 forms for incorporating and for organizing cooperative organizations. A brief 

 bibliography is appended. 



Eugenics and agriculture, O. F. Cook (Jour. Hrrcflity, 7 (1916), No. 6, pp. 

 249-254). — Tlie author maintains that city life sterilizes the best lines of de- 

 scent on a large scale, and therefore that population must be held on the farm 

 if the race is to improve. 



The article concludes with the statement that " to recognize the relation of 

 eugenics to agriculture does not solve the problems of our race, but it indicates 

 the basis on which the problems need to be solved, and the danger of wasting 

 too much time and effort in attempting to salvage the derelict population of the 

 cities. However important the problems of urban society may be, they do not 

 have fundamental significance from the standpoint of eugenics, because urban 

 populations are essentially transient. The city performs the function of elimi- 

 nation, while agriculture represents the constructive eugenic condition which] 

 must be maintained and improved if the development of the race is to continue. 



Community centers, R. V. Phelan (Bui. Univ. Minn. No. 25 (1915), Gen. 

 Ser., pp. 15, figs. 6). — This pamphlet contains a proposed model constitution, 

 suggestions as to the purpose of orcr.-inization. methods of organization, and 

 topics for discussion and study. 



The church and country life, edited by P. L. Voot (Neic York: Missionary \ 

 Ed. Movement V. S. and Canada, 1916. pp. XI +273). — This is a report of r 

 conference held by the Commission on Church and Country Life under the . 

 authority of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, at Columbus, j 



