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Rural land ownership among the negroes of Virginia, S. T. Bitting {Char- 

 loitesville, Va.: Univ. Va., 1915, pp. 110, fuj. 1). — The author discusses the fac- 

 tors which influence the negroes in obtaining possession of the laud and their 

 success in developing the right types of farming. The discussion relates to 

 conditions in Virginia in general, with special emphasis upon conditions found 

 in Albemarle County. 



Facts about land (London: John Murray, 1916, pp. XV I +319). — This report, 

 prepared by the Laud Agents' Society, discusses and criticizes the report of 

 the Laud Enquiry Committee (E. S. R.. 30, p. 491). 



Farm work for discharged soldiers, H. E. Moore (London: P. S. King d Son, 

 Ltd., 1916, pp. 31). — This publication contains proposals indicating the manner 

 in which disabled or discharged soldiers may be assisted to secure a livelihood 

 from agricultural work and suggests a method by which the State could aid 

 that object. 



Rural cooperation in Denmark, G. Desbons (La Cooperation Rurale en Dane- 

 mark. Mont pell ler: Fermin rf- Montane, 1916, pp. 178). — The author discusses 

 the development of cooperation in Denmark, the organization and functions 

 of agricultural associations, the difficulties met, and the results accomplished. 

 The result of an experiment in agricultural credit in Tuscany, F. Virgilii 

 (Atti R. Accad. Econ. Agr. Oeorg. Firenze, 5. ser., 12 (1915), No. 3-4, pp. 229- 

 237). — These pages contain a brief discussion of the results obtained in an 

 agricultural bank established in 1913 in Tuscany. 



The report of the Agricultural Organization Society for the year ended 

 March 31, 1916 (Rpt. Agr. Organ. Soe. [London], 1916, pp. VII I +99). —This 

 report contains brief statements regarding the various activities of the society, 

 with special reference to war conditions. 



[Report on the working of the cooperative credit societies], G. Nath (Rpt. 

 Coop. Credit Socs. Ajmer-Mertvara, 1916, pp. 15 + 121]).— This report sets forth 

 the progress of the work in connection with the societies during the year, to- 

 gether with statements regarding the operations of the various agricultural 

 banks. 



Second annual report of the department of foods and markets, 1915 

 (Ann. Rpt. Dept. Foods and itarkets, V. Y., 2 (1915), pp. 53).— In this report 

 are discussed the activities of the bureau in securing better market conditions, 

 market facilities, and prices for farm products. Its efforts were principally 

 devoted to the marketing of fruit, hay, live stock, and live stock products. 



Monthly crop report (U. S. Dept. Agr., Mo. Crop Rpt., 2 (1916), No. 11, pp. 

 109-120, fig. 1). — Among the data in this report are a summary of farm prices, 

 the estimated farm value of important products, the range of prices of agricul- 

 tural products at important markets, and the estimated crop conditions Novem- 

 ber 1. 1916. It also includes special reports regarding the wheat supply and 

 distribution per capita for a series of years, hop production and consumption, 

 milk prices, the prices of turkeys, chickens, upland middling cotton at New 

 Orleans, alfalfa, and clover seed, the damage to wheat due to black rust in 

 North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota, the wheat surplus and deficiency 

 by States, index figures of total crop yields for a series of years, the potatoes 

 moved from counties where grown and the quantities harvested by months, 

 celery acreage, honey, pecan, and onion production, etc. 



Food and raw material requirements of the United Kingdom (London: 

 Dominions Roy. Com., 1915, pp. IV +123). — Tliis report, prepared by the Royal 

 Commission on the Natural Resources, Trade, and Legislation of Certain Por- 

 tions of His Majesty's Dominions, indicates the requirements for tlie various 

 food products, the sources of supply, and tlie quantities consumed for 1913-14 

 and previous years. 



