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" The surveying branches of the governments should be strengthened and 

 more comprehensive surveying work assigned to them. 



"A complete and coordinated system of federal, provincial, and municipal 

 administration of land resources should be devised, with the whole organization 

 centralized in a department or permanent commission of the federal govern- 

 ment. 



" Definite steps should be taken by joint government action to prevent the 

 holding of agricultural land by absentee landlords for purely speculative pur- 

 PQses. The operations of vendors of real estate should be regulated, so as to 

 prevent misrepresentation and other immoral practices in connection with 

 the sale of land, and all real estate operators should be licensed by governments 

 under safeguards designed to prevent improper dealing In land. 



" Provincial governments should reconsider their systems of administrating, 

 colonization, lughways, municipal affairs, and public health, with special regard 

 to the need of securing more cooperation and efficiency in connection with land 

 and municipal development than is possible under present conditions and for 

 increasing the responsibilities and powers of municipal authorities, under the 

 advice of a skilled department of local government in each Province. 



" To meet a temporary need, the federal government should take an active 

 interest in the housing of workers engaged in munition plants, particularly in 

 government arsenals and in small towns and rural districts where there is 

 lack of strong local government. The federal government should either require 

 adequate accommodation and proper sanitary conditions to be provided at a 

 reasonable cost for those who are engaged in the service of the country, or 

 itself assist in making that provision, as is being done in Great Britain and 

 allied countries." 



United States Food Administration policies and plan of operation [with 

 reference to] wheat, flour, and bread {Washington, D. C: U. S. Pood Admin., 

 1917, pp. 171, fig. 1). — This publication outlines the world situation with refer- 

 ence to wheat, and contains a general statement with reference to the marketing 

 of the 1916 crop, and as to the supply for 1917. It describes the plan of the Food 

 Administration for the organization of government buying, with suggestions for 

 the saving of wheat. It also contains orders and proclamations under the Food 

 Control Act, and instructions and explanations issued by the Food Adminislra- 

 tion with reference to conduct of Hour mills and the milling trade. 



Agriculture clubs in California, B. H. Crochekon (California Sta. Circ. 190 

 (1918), pp. 24, figs. IJf). — The author states that the assumption on which agri- 

 culture clubs start are as follows : 



"(1) The agricultural institutions of the State and nation have information 

 which, applied to farming, will increase farm profits. (2) Many boys and some 

 girls want to make money by farming and would like to be shown how. (3) 

 The chances for individual success are increased when several per.sons in a 

 neighborhood undertake the same work, an added interest for which comes 

 through competition." 



He discusses briefly the history of the agriculture clubs in California, and 

 suggests a model constitution and rules with reference to conducting various 

 club activities. 



Value of a small plat of ground to the laboring man, W. C. Funk (U. 8. 

 Dept. Agr. Bui. 602 (1918), pp. 10, pis. S, fig. i).— This is a study of food raised 

 by operators in southern cotton-mill towns, and is based on records of 548 gar- 

 dens, 165 poultry flocks, 75 cows, and 62 pigs. 



It was found that the average size of the gardens was 723 sq. yards, the aver- 

 age value of the vegetables raised $29.87, and the average cash expenditure 



