896 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. [Vol. 38 



and aoonomic conditions that account for the distribution of the crops and 

 live stock of the world. The volume contains a series of maps showing, by 

 means of the dot system, the acreage and production of practically all types 

 of agricultural crops and live stock, not only for the United States but for 

 foreign countries, together with brief descriptive accounts as to the principal 

 areas of production. There are also maps showing altitude and precipitation 

 for all countries of the world. An introductory article on The Food Supply of 

 the United States is included, in which it is concluded " that the United States 

 is dependent on the outside world for very few articles of fundamental im- 

 portance and that the majority of tliese are supplied by countries in the West- 

 ern Hemisphere." 



Agricultural production for 1918, with special reference to spring plant- 

 ing and to live stock {U. S. Dept. Agr., Offlce Sec. Circ. 103 (1918), pp. 22).— 

 This report contains the Department recommendations with reference to acre- 

 age of spring plantings and number of live stock that are deemed necessary in 

 order to feed our own population and to make up the deficit in the food 

 supply of the allies as previously noted (E. S. R., 38, p. 101.) 



Prospects of French agriculture, L. Mangin {Rev. Set. Paris, 55 (1917), 

 No. 18, pp. 5Ii5-553). — The author discussed the crop situation in France in 

 1916 as compared with previous years, together with the situation in other 

 countries. In conclusion he advises, in order to meet the present prices, that 

 bread be made containing from 10 to 12 per cent rice flour; that the colonial 

 and other laborers in France be reguhited and organized for agricultural pur- 

 poses ; that additional tractors be manufactured and used ; that the price of 

 wheat be Increased to stimulate production ; and that some means be found 

 for increasing the supply of artificial fertilizer. He also suggests that better 

 methods of distribution are needed in certain communities. 



Reorganization of agriculture in France. E. Coquid6 {Ani. Sci. Agron., 4- 

 ser., 5 (1916), Nos. 7-9. pp. S9S-419 : 10-12. pp. 497-5J,S).—This report deals 

 primarily with the lands which have been devastated by the war. It discusses 

 the methods of reconstruction of the farm buildings, and the necessary agri- 

 cultural machinery, and also takes up the question of introducing new methods 

 of cultivation and of selling crops and of using waste lands. Attention is given 

 to the questions of social hygiene, eugenics, and the influence of the extensive 

 use of alcohol upon the rural people. 



The food of France, D. Bellet (Paris: Librarie FMx Alcan, 1917, [41+. 

 pp. 249-f-[7]). — In this report are discussed the food requirements and sources, 

 giving details with reference to meat, fish, cereals, poultry, milk, butter, fruit, 

 and sugar. 



Agricultural statistics of Uruguay (E.^tadis. Agr. [Vrnguay'], WIG. pp. 

 IV+164+CCCXLI). — This issue continues information previously noted (E. S. 

 R., 36, p. 690), by adding data for a later year. 



AGRICULTTTRAL EDTTCATION. 



Teaching the value of the fundamental sciences to students in animal 

 husbandry, E. S. Savage and L. A. Maynard (Amer. Soc. Anim. Prod. I'roc. 

 1916, pp. 174-177). — In this article a plea is made for greater attention to the 

 teaching of the fundamental sciences in training prospective teachers and in- 

 vestigators in animal husbandry. 



The value of the fundamental sciences in teaching and in Investigation in 

 animal husbandry, E. S. Savage (Amer. Soc. Anim. Prod. Proc. 1915, pp. 77- 

 81). — An outline of a suggested 4-year course, with the approximate time to be 

 devoted to each subject, is presented and discussed, indicating the author's 



