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tural population and educational and transportation situation in Floyd 

 County, Ga. 



A brief social and economic survey of Muscogee County, Ella Jones (Bui. 

 State Normal School [Athens, Ga.], J, (1911), No. S, pp. 12).— This report gives 

 data corresponding to the above for Muscogee County, Ga. 



New Hampshire farms (Concord, N. H.: N. H. Dept. Agr., 1916, pp. 22, pi. 1, 

 figs. 16).— This publication contains a list of farms available for farming or 

 summer homes and indicates their size, types of buildings, and distances from 

 railroads and educational and religious institution.s. 



English farming, past and present, R. E. Prothero (London: Longmaiis, 

 Oreen & Co., 1911, 2. ed., pp. xy+5(94).— This book is a reprint of a volume 

 previously n<itGd (E. S. R., 28, p. 6S9). The tables on wheat prices and agri- 

 cultural statistics have been brought up to date. 



The national food policy (Roy. Soc. [London], Food (War) Committee, Nat. 

 Food Policy [Papers], 1911, Danger of Restricting Consumption of Meat, pp. 3; 

 Primary Importance of Bread, pp. 6; Maximum Prices, p. 1; Price Fixing, pp. 

 S; Memorandum, upon a Limited Measure of Food Distribution, pp. 3). — These 

 papers relate to methods of meeting the food situation in Great Britain, both 

 at the present time and in the future. 



It is pointed out that it should be the policy to maintain a full supply of ce- 

 reals at all cost ; that maize, barley, rice, and other grains should be preserved 

 for human consumption ; and that each individual should be urged to reduce his 

 food to the minimum required for efficiency. Measures should be adopted to re- 

 duce the number of cattle, sheep, and swine, and the tonnage if possible should 

 be decreased by decreasing the importation of meat The committee also believe 

 that no restrictions should be placed on the consumption of meat, and that 

 home-grown meat should be used for the army, navy, and civil population. 

 They point out that a high price is not only a strong incentive to production 

 but also an insistent reminder of the necessity of avoiding waste. The free 

 play of prices provides the motive power for the distribution of produce. 



The economic resources of the German colonies (Bui. Imp. Inst. [So. Ken- 

 sington], IS (1915), Nos. 1, pp. 110-134; 2, pp. 233-260, fig. 1; 3, pp. 392-422; 

 4, pp. 559-581). — These articles describe the development of native and Euro- 

 pean agricultural products and livestock in German East and Southwest Africa, 

 and the German West African colonies and Pacific possessions. 



Annual report on the agricultural department for the year 1915, R. Abm- 

 8TR0NG (Ann. Rpt. Agr. Dept. Zanzibar, 1915, pp. 44-68). — This report gives 

 for Zanzibar the production and trade in agricultural products, and the report 

 of the meteorological conditions during the year. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Work of school children during out-of -school hours, C. D. Jarvis (U. 8. 

 Bur. Ed. Bui., 20 (1911), pp. 28). — This investigation is concerned with the 

 education of school children who work during out-of-school hours ; the amount 

 money value, and nature of the work performed ; how school children spend 

 their leisure hours ; why they leave school at an early age ; and to what extent 

 gardening can replace less desirable forms of employment. It covers the activi- 

 ties of a total of 14,391 boys and girls of the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades, 

 of urban communities in 11 States, namely, Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, 

 Delaware, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wash- 

 ington. 



Of these children 5,181 were employed during summer vacation. Their total 

 earnings amounted to $68,342, or an average of $13.19, but 7 per cent averaged 



