198 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



statements of the condition of the winter grain crop of 1897, meteorological records, 

 and a review of crop conditions by the European agent. 



Crop report for January-February, 1897 ( U. S. Dept. Ayr., Division of Statistics 

 Bpt. 145, v. so-., pp. 7). — Results of the yearly returns relative to the number and 

 value of domestic animals on farms and ranches in the I'uited States in January, 

 1897, together with a report of the European agent on the condition .,nd prospects 

 of crops in Great Britain and the Continent and an official estimate of wheat sowiug 

 in India for the present year. 



Crop report for March, 1897 ( U. S. Dept. Ayr., Division of Statistics Bpt. 146, n. 

 ser., pp. 4). — A report upon the distribution and quality of the corn, wheat, and oats 

 crops of 1896. 



Crop report for April, 1897 ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Division of Statistics Bpt. 147, n. 

 ser., pp. 8). — Statements are given on the condition of wheat and rye on the first of 

 the month, and a comparison of the conditions of these grains for 1897 with that of 

 the 6 years previous. A report is made on the condition of farm animals, by States, 

 also percentage of losses sustained from all causes during the winter of 1896-'97. 



The Mississippi River flood ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Circ. 2, pp. 6, map 1). — This 

 gives the population, number of farms, acreage losses, etc., in the submerged districts 

 of the Mississippi Valley south of Cairo, Illinois, with a map showing the countries 

 submerged or partly submerged, April 10, 1897. 



The depression of corn prices and the production of wheat in some of the 

 chief exporting countries of the world, Sir J. B. Lawks and J. H. Giljbert (Beprint 

 from Jour. Boy. Agl. Sue. England, ser. 3, 7 {1896), TV, pp. 723-737). — This gives the net 

 exports (exports minus imports) of wheat and of flour reckoned as wheat, from the 

 chief exporting countries of the world for the years 1871-1895, inclusive, with gen- 

 eral notes and comments on the causes affecting production in each country. 



Agricultural education in Denmark (Jour. ltd. Agr. [London], 4 (1897), No. 1, 

 pp. S1-S3). 



Importance of general and agricultural education in the matter of increasing 

 the productiveness of labor in peasant farming, A.Novikov (Selvsk. Khoz. I.yesov., 

 182 (1896), pp. 665-677). 



Agricultural statistics < Trans. Highland and Agl. Soc. Scotland, 5. ser., 8 (1S96), pp. 

 358-365). — Agricultural and pastoral statistics, returned .June 4, 1895, for each county 

 in Scotland, and the quantities and values of articles affecting agriculture imported 

 into the United Kingdom in 1893, 1891, and 1895 are tabulated. 



Agricultural and pastoral statistics of New Zealand for the year 1896-97, 

 J. D. Ritchie (New Zealand Gaz. Suppl. Xo. 34, pp. 847-877).— The tables give the 

 acreage of crops sown or intended to be sown, for what purposes the crops are to be 

 used, and the quantity of the crops now on hand from last year's harvest. 



Agricultural statistics, Buenos Ayres, J. C. Veiixkt (t'ereales y oleaginosos tril- 

 lados en la Provincia de Buenos Aires en 1895-96., 1896, pp. 1-64). — The report gives the 

 acreage and production of wheat, oats, bai.ey, rye, flax, and canary seed for the 

 season 1895-'96. 



The condition of Agriculture in Germany in 1896 (Ber. deut. landw. Baths, 21 

 (1897), pp. 45-49). — A report on the condition of crops in 1896, and tabulated 

 statistics of the total production from 1890 to 1895, importation and exportation 

 from 1875 to 1879, and 1885 to 1896. and the prices, during a series of years, of wheat, 

 rye, barley, and oats. 



The cereal and other crops of Scotland for 1895 (Trans. Highland and Agl. Soc. 

 Scotland, 5. ser., 8 (1896), pp. 315-340). — A comparison of the cereal and other crops 

 of 1895 with those of the previous year, compiled from reports from different parts 

 of the country. 



The cereal and other crops of Scotland for 1896 (Trans. Highland and Agl. Soc. 

 Scotland, 5 ser., 9 (1897), }>p. 339-362). — A comparison of the cereal and other crops 

 of 1896 with the crops of the previous year, prepared from reports received from 

 various parts of the country. 



