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each year. This number is of course much smaller than that for the 

 Record^ which in recent years has abstracted from 7,000 to 8,000 

 articles annually. The point of view is also sgmewhat different, one 

 leading aim being to supply information directly to farmers. Many 

 of the publications received by the Institute are not available in this 

 country, particularly since the outbreak of the war, and most timely 

 assistance has thus been rendered in making their contents available 

 to scientific workers. The Record welcomes this opportunity to 

 acknowledge its appreciation of this assistance. 



Special arrangements have been made by the Institute with the 

 Dominion of Canada, whereby in recent years many of the abstracts 

 in the ^er?**??/? have been reprinted in the original or condensed form 

 in the AgHculturaZ Gazette^ the official publication of the Canadian 

 Department of Agriculture, The recently established official 

 Journal of the Board of Agrlcidfure of Scotland has also been aid- 

 ing in the further dissemination of the information provided by the 

 Review. 



Three monographs have thus far been prepared by the^ Bureau of 

 Agricultural Intelligence and Plant Diseases. These deal respec- 

 tively with the organization of the services for the control of plant 

 diseases and insect pests in the various countries, the production and 

 consumption of chemical manures in the world, and the campaign 

 against locusts in several regions. 



The fourth division of the Institute is the Bureau of Economic 

 and Social Intelligence. This bureau deals, as its name implies, 

 with questions of rural economics and sociology, giving special 

 prominence thus far to agricultural cooperation, credit, insurance, 

 and legislative measures. Its publications correspond in a general 

 way to those of the Bureau of Agricultural Intelligence and Plant 

 Diseases. Its monthly periodical, however, the title of which was 

 recently changed to the InterrMtional Review of Agricultural Eco- 

 nomics, consists chiefly of original articles on current economic 

 questions. The monographs have dealt with the status of agricul- 

 tural cooperation in the principal European countries, hail insur- 

 ance and some of its problems, the organization of the statistics of 

 agricultural cooperation in certain countries, and an outline of 

 European cooperative credit systems. The last-named publication 

 was reprinted in this country as a public document and received wide 

 dissemination during the discussion of the Federal Farm Loan Act. 



Each of the bureaus prepares short communications for the press. 

 Brief abstracts are given of the contents of the various bulletins, 

 crop summaries, and other important data. The Bureau of Eco- 

 nomic and Social Intelligence issues monthly, in five languages, leaf- 

 lets of from four to six pages summarizing its longer articles for use 

 of the press. The various press leaflets are widely distributed, par- 



