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Ohio, in December, 1915, and contains the reports of the different committees 

 appointed by the commission. See also a previous note (E. S. R., 34, p. 297). 



Country life questions and answers {Missouri Bd. Agr. Mo. Bui., 14 {1916), 

 No. Jf, pp. 89, fig. 1). — This bulletin contains a number of papers dealing with 

 the problems wf the rural school, the country church, and various other phases 

 of country life. 



Bibliography on country life, the farm, and the small town {Ind. State 

 Libr. Bui., 10 {1915), No. 4, pp. 11). — This bibliography contains a list of puljli- 

 cations dealing with these three topics in general and with special phases, such 

 as the rural church, the rural school, roads, health and recreation, cooperation, 

 buildings, grounds, machinery, the home, town planning and beautifying, sani- 

 tation, fire protection, business, and organizations. 



Kural prog-ress in Missouri, W. L. Nelson {Missouri Bd. Agr. Mo. Bui., H 

 {1916), No. 3, pp. 29, figs. 2). — This bulletin discusses the relative efficiency of 

 farmers in Missouri as compared with other States, using the Census data as a 

 basis. 



Statistical report of the California State Board of Agriculture, 1915 

 (Statis. Rpt. Cat. Bd. Agr., 1915, pp. XXII +435). —This report contains a brief 

 description of the physical and agricultural conditions in California by coun- 

 ties, with detailed statistics relative to agricultural production. 



[Agricultural resources of Rhode Island] {Prelim. Rpt. Com. Inquiry Agr. 

 Resources R. I., 1916, pp. 30). — This is a preliminary report of the Commission 

 of Inquiry into the Agricultural Resources of the State, made to the General 

 Assembly, and indicates how the agricultural conditions in the State may be 

 improved through cooperation among the farmers and between the various 

 organizations already existing. The principal production and marketing prob- 

 lems in connection with the present systems of agi-iculture are described, espe- 

 cially as they relate to the dairy industry. 



The agricultural situation in the Philippine Islands, II. T. Edwards {Philip- 

 pine Agr. Rev. [English Ed.], 9 {1916), No. 2, pp. 60-13).— The author calls at- 

 tention to the changes in the area devoted to the production of rice, corn, coco- 

 nuts, sugar, tobacco, and Manila hemp, and to the changes in the number of 

 live stock. He also discusses the relationship of the government work to the 

 development of the agriculture of the islands. 



The farm prize competitions, C. S. Orwin {Jour. Roy. Agr. Soc. England, 

 76 {1915), pp. 201-237, figs. 7).— This article contains a brief description of the 

 agriculture of the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire, 

 and of the systems of management on farms awarded the prizes. The farms 

 were divided according to the systems of management into two classes — the 

 ai'able and the grazing or dairy farms. 



Agricultural statistics of Galicia and Bukowina, 1914 {Anbnufldchen und 

 Ernteergehnisse der landu-irfschaftlichen Bodenprodukte in den im Reichsrate 

 rertretenen Konigreichen und Landern mit Ausnahme GaUziens und der Buko- 

 wina, 1914. Vienna: Govt., 1915, pp. ^9). — This report contains statistical data 

 concerning the acreage and production of the principal agricultural crops of 

 Galicia and Bukowina for 1914, with comparisons for earlier years. 



[Agriculture in the Commonwealth of Australia], G. H. Knibes {Off. Year- 

 book Aust., « {1901-1914), pp. 221-386, figs. 5).— These pages contain the infor- 

 mation previously noted, with data for a later year (E. S. R., .S3, p. 193). 



AGKICULTUEAL EDUCATION. 



A state system of agricultural education, K. L. Butterfield {Mass. Agr. Col. 

 Bui., 8 {1916), No. 2, pp. 29-47).— A brief review of the history of agricultural 

 education in Massachusetts, beginning with the incorporation by the legislature 



