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against nematodes; sylphitl beetle of the beet and practical means for destroyino- 

 it; the composition of wheat; the mode of development of ii/iuoc<onja vioZacea; and 

 varieties of cider apples. 



Prices and number of farm animals in the United States ( U. >S. Dept. Agr., 

 Division of Siatiatics lipt. 134, n. ser., pp. 8). — This troats of prices and number of 

 farm animals in the United States iu January, 1896, aud reports weather and crop 

 conditions in Europe. 



Monthly crop reports for March, April, and May, 1896 ( U. S. Dept. Arjr., Divi- 

 sion of Statistics Rpfs. (n. ser.), 135, pp. IG; 136, pp. 7; 137, pp. S). — These consist of the 

 usual monthly reports on the condition of the princijial crops aud reports of the 

 European agents. No. 135 contains, iu addition, statistics on the coru, wheat, and 

 tobacco crops of 1895; No. 136 gives the condition of farm animals iu the United 

 States and losses from disease and other causes for the year, together with notes on 

 the health of the people, aud No. 137 gives notes on weather conditions and the legal 

 weights per bushel of the principal farm j)roducts in the different States. 



Crops and live stock in Ontario {Ontario Bureau of Industries Bui. 57, pp. 14). — 

 Statistics on the condition of crops, live stock, etc., with extracts from returns of 

 correspondence. 



Agricultural returns for Great Britain for 1895, P. G. Craigie {London: Eyre 

 if- Spottiswoode, 1896, pp. ,24S). — This report shows the acreage aud produce of crops, 

 prices of grain, aud number of live stock, with agricultural statistics for the United 

 Kingdom, British possessions, and foreign countries. For Great Britain the average 

 yield per acre of wheat was 26.33 bu., of barley 32.09 bu., of oats 38.67 bu,, of 

 potatoes 6.6 tons. 



