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Ohio crop and live stock statistics for 1896 (Ohio State Hd. Agr. Bpt. 1897, pp. 

 19-74). 



Statistics of Ontario (Ontario Bureau Ind. Bui. 63, pp. 24). — Statistics of the sev- 

 eral staple farm, orchard, and garden crops, showing the total area, product, and 

 market value of the crops for 1896 and for the 4 years preceding, and the averages 

 for 5, 10, and 15 year periods; the ratio of crops per 1,000 acres cleared land; the 

 number, kinds, and value of live stock for the years 1892 to 1896; wages of farm 

 lahorers for 1895 and 1896 and the average for the years 1882-'96; output and value 

 of cheese factories and creameries; value of farm property; number and amount of 

 chattel mortgages; the world's wheat crop for the years 1894-'97; and the area and 

 yield of field crops of Ontario for 1897. 



Crops and live stock in Ontario (Ontario Bureau Ind. BuJ. 64, pp. 32). — Final 

 estimates of yield of crops in Ontario for the year 1897, with statistics of live stock 

 for the years 1891 to 1897, and extracts from remarks by correspondents on miscel- 

 laneous farm topics. The yields of crops as given are based on actual threshing 

 returns reported by nearly -1,000 correspondents. 



Seventh annual report of the agricultural bureau of the department of agri- 

 culture, insurance statistics, and history, 1893-'94 (Texas Agr. Bureau Bpt. 

 1893- 94, pp. GOO). — This includes agricultural and general statistics of each county 

 in the State for the year 1893-'94. 



Virginia agricultural statistics for 1896 ( Virginia State Bd. Agr. Bpt. 1896, pp. 

 38-55). — Crop reports and statistics on acreage and yield of farm crops grown in 

 Virginia in 1896. 



Seventh annual report of farmers' institutes held in Ohio during the -winter 

 of 1896-97 (( Hiio State Bd. Agr. Bpt. 1896, pp. 275-631).— Includes a* statement of 

 the receipts and disbursements of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture on account 

 of farmers' institutes for the season of 1S96-'D7; tabulated data showing the places 

 where held, dates, attendance, etc., of the different institutes: a Jist of the lectures 

 and their subjects; reprints of 58 miscellaneous papers; and the proceedings of the 

 ■annual institute held at Columbus, with the full text of the papers read. The text 

 of the Ohio State law governing farmers' institute societies and the rules of the 

 State Board of Agriculture regulating their management are appended. In all 212 

 two-day institutes were held during the winter season. The attendance varied from 

 50 to 1,000, with an average of 353 and a total attendance of 76,815. 



Proceedings of the ninth general meeting of the Association of Agricultural 

 Experiment Stations in the German Empire at Wiesbaden, September 18 and 

 19, 1896 (Landw. Vers. Stat., 49 (1897), No. 1-2, pp. 1-82).— An account of this meet- 

 ing has already been given (E. S. R., 8, p. 447). 



Agricultural extension -work: Sketch of its origin and progress (New York 

 Cornell Sta. Bui. 137, pp. 325-333). — Previous accounts of the extension work of the 

 College of Agriculture of Cornell University have been reported in Bulletins 110 

 and 122 of the station (E. S. R., 8, pp. 135, 790). 



The present bulletin gives a review of the university extension work since its 

 inception in western New York in 1893, and of the State legislation since affecting it; 

 points out the purpose and general scope of the work and gives an account of its 

 growth; and discusses the results secured by each of the different methods for the 

 dissemination of agricultural knowledge thus far tried. At the present time there 

 are enrolled in this university extension work 15,000 pupils and 10,000 teachers of 

 the public schools and 1,600 young farmers. 



Cost of hauling farm products to market or to shipping points in European 

 countries ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Boad Inquiry Circ. 27, pp. 12). — This circular gives 

 the more important consular reports on this subject "received through the Depart- 

 ment of State in response to the request of the Secretary of Agriculture for such 

 information and in reply to circulars issued to the United States consuls by the 

 Department of State." The countries represented are Belgium, England, France, 

 Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. 

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