STATISTICS MISCELLANEOUS. 999 



organization and work of the station during the year. Lists of donations, exchanges, 

 and publications of the station since its organization in 1888 are given, together 

 with an index of the report and bulletins of the station for 1896. 



Reports of director and treasurer of "West Virginia Station, 1896 ( West Vir- 

 ginia Sta. Rpt. 1896, pp. 4-2S). — Includes an account of the purchase and equipment 

 for station use of a farm of 81 acres; notes on the progress and development of tin- 

 station and on changes in the station staff; subject list of bulletins published by 

 the station since its organization; a detailed financial statement for the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1896; and an account of the origin and present status of farmers' 

 institute work within the State. 



Our foreign trade in agricultural products during the five fiscal years 

 1693-97, F. H. Hitchcock ( U. S. Dept. Ayr., Section of Foreign Markets Bui. 10, pp. 

 38). — A statistical review of the total and the agricultural exports of this country 

 for these years. The total value of the agricultural exports for 1897 was $689,755, lit.!, 

 a ^ain of $115,357,929 over the exports for 1896, and more than $50,000,000 greater 

 than any of the four preceding years. 



Agricultural imports and exports, 1893-97, F. H. Hitchcock ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Section of Foreign Markets Circ. 20, pp. 15). — Tabular data reprinted from V. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Section of Foreign Markets Bulletin 10 (see above). 



Agricultural and live stock returns of Colony of Cape of Good Hope for 

 1896-"97 (Cape Town, 1897. pp. XXV, 15). — fieneral notes on the climate and agri- 

 cultural conditions of the different subdivisions of the colony, with Tabulated 

 statistical data on the farm crops sown, lost, and harvested; live stock; vintage: 

 fruit trees and vine stocks planted, etc. 



Agricultural and live stock statistics of South Australia, 1896-'97 (Adelaide. 

 1897, pp. 72). 



Agricultural statistics for British India for the years 1891-'96 (Calcutta : 

 Office Supt. Govt. Printing, 1897, pp. 377). — Tabulated data showing the area and 

 classification ; total acreage of crops; live stock; assessment on area and population; 

 extent of tea, coffee, and cinchona cultivation; and estimated area and yield of cer- 

 tain principal crops in each of the provinces and districts of India during the years 

 1891-'96. 



Annual report by the deputy director of agriculture, Bombay presidency, 

 India, 1897 (Bombay : Gort. Central Press, 1897, pp. 41). — An account of the cultural, 

 dairying, and breeding operations conducted on the Government experimental farms 

 at Poona and Snrat during the year ending March 31, 1897. 



The division of land in Danish agriculture (Ugeskr. Landm., 43 (1897), No. 43, 

 pp. ~>76, 577). — Gives statistics of the areas devoted to grain raising, meadows, pas- 

 tures, truck farming, forests, etc., according to investigations made in 1896. 



Export of oranges, season of 1897, J. Stephenson (Agr. Gaz. New South Wales, 

 9 (1S9S), Xo. l,pp. 60-63). — The shipments which have been made to Great Britain of 

 Australian oranges are discussed and suggestions made for conducting the enterprise 

 in future. 



Proceedings of the tenth annual session of the State Agricultural Society, 

 held at Lafayette. Louisiana, January 22-24, 1896 (Baton Rouge, La.: Issued 

 by State Bureau Agr., pp. 118). — This gives the constitution, act of incorporation, and 

 officers of the society, and reprints of a number of papers read before the society on 

 various agricultural topics. 



Teachers' leaflets on nature study (Xew York Cornell Col. Agr. Leaflet Xo. 8, pp. 

 69-77, figs. 7). — A popular discussion on the leaves and acorns of our common oaks. 



Agricultural extension work — A sketch of its origin and progress (New York 

 Cornell Sta. Rpt. 1897, pp. 325-333.)— A reprint of Bulletin 137 of the station (E. S. 

 E., 9, p. 699). 



Note filing, L. C. Corbett (West Virginia Sta. Bpt. 1896, pp. 240-244).— A new 

 form of notebook designed by the author for use iu the field and as a permanent 

 record is described. 



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