1918.] RURAL ECONOMICS. 695 



South Dakota system of rural credits [1917] (Pierre, S. Dak.: Rural Credit 

 Bd., [iyi7], pp. 8). — This pamphlet contains information for prospective bor- 

 rowers upon farm land as to the workings of the I'ural credit act of that State. 



The cooperative movement among farmers in the United States, Louise 

 Mebbiman (Syracuse, N. Y.: Syracuse Univ., 1911, pp. 35). — This is a bibliog- 

 raphj' relating to agricultural cooperation, and the author has classified the 

 books as those general in nature and those that relate to the commercial, 

 educational, political, and social phases. Both books and magazines are in- 

 cluded in the list. 



The operations of the national cooperative organization during the war 

 (L'Opera deUa durante il Periodo della Guerra. Monza, Italy: Lega Naz. 

 Coop., [1916], pp. 36). — This report discusses the duties of the general secre- 

 tary of this body, the functions of the central office at Rome, and the activities 

 of the society in such matters as carrying on propaganda and meeting the 

 war situation with reference to food and labor, and gives data regarding the 

 growth of the organization during 1915. 



Cooperative marketing, W. W. Cumbebland (Princeton, N. J.: Princeton 

 Univ. Press, 1917, pp. VIII +226). — This publication describes the methods and 

 organizations connected with the marketing of California citrus fruit pi'oducts. 



Marketing survey of New Haven, L. D. H. Weld (New Haven, Conn.: Yale 

 Univ., 1917, pp. 52, fl(fs. -i). — In this report have been discussed the various 

 methods of distributing products in New Haven, with the recommendation 

 that the various organizations concentrate on the establishment of a well- 

 organized farmers' wholesale market. For the present it advocates the use of 

 the markets now in use, but in the future there should be established an open 

 market place with assignments to individual farmers at a small rental per 

 day or per season, and a marketmaster chosen, regulations presci-ibed, and the 

 necessary city ordinance drawn up and passed without delay. It considers that 

 the retail farmers' market, retail dealers' market, and the wholesale dealers' 

 market are not essential under present conditions. 



The wheat situation, present and prospective, T. K. Doherty (Agr. Oaz. 

 Canada, 5 (191S), No. 1, pp. 109-112). — The author has discussed the wheat 

 situation by comparing data for 1916 and 1917 with the five years 1907-1913, 

 grouping his data as South Mediterranean and the Cape, neutral countries open 

 to the world's commerce, importing allied countries open to the world's com- 

 merce, and exporting countries open to the world's commerce. 



The restrictions of consumption of grain products in European countries, 

 E. Pa YEN (Econ. Franc, 45 (1917), II, No. 49, pp. 725-727).— -This paper indi- 

 cates the articles restricted, variations in different countries, and methods used. 



Conditions in the sugar market, January-October, 1917 (New York: Amer- 

 ican Sugar Refining Co., [1917], pp. 78, pi. 1, figs. 7). — In this report are dis- 

 cussed the Avorld's sugar supply, the effect of the war upon the supply, and mar- 

 ket conditions during the first half of 1917. It also contains statements with 

 reference to the consumption in the United States and arrangements with the 

 Food Administi'atiou with reference to facilitating distribution. 



Live stock statistics (Internat. Inst. Agr. Rome, Internal. Crop Rpt. and 

 Agr. Statis., 8 (1917), No. 11, pp. 878, 879).— Tiiese pages contain data as to 

 the number of horses in Scotland in 1917, the 47 governments in European 

 Russia in 1916, and for New Zealand in 1917, with comparative data for earlier 

 years. 



Reply of Swift & Company to questions submitted July 23, 1917, by the 

 Federal Trade Commission (Chicago, 1917, pp. 33, pis. 3). — This report dis- 

 cusses prices of live stock, meat, and meat products, the demand for and supply 

 of meat, the services performed for middlemen in the meat trade, the functions 



