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[Farm market laws] (Boise, Idaho: State Dept. Farm Markets, 19J7, pp. 

 16).— In this (lofiiment are contained the text of the laws governing the De- 

 partment of Farm Markets as passed by the Idaho legislature in 1917. 



Arkansas warehouse, marketing', and gin regTilating law {Little Rock, 

 Ark.: State Bd. Supervisors of Warehouses, 1911, pp. 95).— This report con- 

 tains the text of the law enacted in 1917, together with standard forms to be 

 used in connection with the law. 



Canadian Produce Association (Canad. Prod. Assoc. Conv., 5 {1911). pp. 

 [S6'\). — Among the topics discussed at this convention, held in Montreal, were 

 the loss-off system of buying eggs and quality payment, action of the Govern- 

 ment through legislation regarding buying and selling of bad eggs, a system 

 of weighing and inspecting butter, exportation of eggs to Great Britain, pi'o- 

 posed standards for live and dressed poultry, and tli« organization of produce 

 exchanged in AVinnipeg and Montreal. 



[Grain trade in the United States] (Conf. Represents, Grain Trade 1917, 

 Aug. 15, pp. 57). — This report gives the proceedings of the Conference of Rep- 

 resentatives of the Grain Trade of the United States, held in Washington, D. C, 

 August 15, 1917, in regard to the formation of the U. S. Grain Corporation, its 

 functions, and its methods of procedure. 



Problems, prices, and profits of the packing industry {Chicago: The 

 Cudahy Packing Co., 1917, pp. 30, pi. i).— This report contains a reply to the 

 Federal Trade Commission as to the causes of the present high prices, whether 

 methods of distribution of meat and meat products are the most efficient pos- 

 sible, whether present methods interfere with the natural economic laws, and 

 what remedies may be applied to overcome any weakness in the present sys- 

 tem. The report sets forth in a general way the situation regarding the great 

 packing house industries, and the profits derived from the present methods of 

 distribution. 



Report on the production of creameries and cheese factories, 1915 and 

 1916, E. H. Godfrey {Canad. Census and Statis. Off., Rpt. Prod. Cream, and 

 Cheese Fact., 1915-16 [English Ed.], pp. 16). — This report gives statistical data 

 showing by Provinces the number of different kinds of butter and cheese fac- 

 tories, the number of patrons, quantity of milk used, butter and cheese made, 

 prices received for all dairy products, and foreign trade of Canada in dairy 

 products. 



Monthly crop report {U. S. Dept. Agr., Mo. Crop Rpt., 3 {1917), No. 10, pp. 

 93-10 Jt, fig. 1). — This report contains the usual estimates of crop conditions, 

 estimated farm value of important farm products, average prices received by 

 producers, and range of prices of agricultural products at important markets, 

 and also contains a special crop summary for October, special reports regard- 

 ing the condition of crops in California and Florida and of pecans, and data 

 with reference to the acreage of peanuts and fall onions, the production of 

 hops, Kafir and broom corn, soy beans, and cabbage, the estimated wheat surplus 

 and deficiency, by States, frost damage to corn, the percentage of hay baled, 

 the increase in acreage of peas and beans for feed and food, etc. 



[Florida State census of 1915] {Bien. Rpt. Dept. Agr. Fla., IJf {1915-16), 

 pt. 2, pp. 237-357). — In this census data were gathered regarding the white 

 and negro population ; acreage, yield, and value of principal farm crops ; num- 

 ber of live stock and number of thoroughbred stock ; and the quantity of ag- 

 ricultural products sold. The data are shown by counties. 



[Agriculture of Minnesota] (In Minnesota's Fifty-second Anniversary, St. 

 Paul: State Bd. Immigr., [1917], 10. ed., pp. 2-51, 72-200, figs. 71).— The State 

 Board of Immigration points out in this publication the resources by counties, 



