MISCELLANEOUS. 1133 



include general description, i)h}-siography, ])rinripal productions, exports, and 

 changes in the flora and fauna due to man. Tlie last-named part of the volume is 

 further subdivided and contains a discussion of the character and origin of the native 

 fiora, the effects of deforesting, the introduction of useful plants, injurious weeds, and 

 various species of animals, and the extermination of native birds. Especial attention 

 is devoted to a discussion of the insects found in the Bermmla Islands. Among the 

 numerous species of insects many of the more injurious pests connnon to the United 

 States are noted. The parts of this volume dealing witli climate and soils are noted 

 elsewhere. 



The Iowa yearbook of agriculture, J. C. Simpson {Imca Dept. Ayr. Yearbook; 

 190 J, pp. 764, j)ls. 20, figs. 57). — This volume contains extracts from the Iowa road 

 laws, an account of the State farmers' institute and agricultural convention and of a 

 meeting of the State board of agriculture in 1902, together with a weather and croi) 

 report and the reports of the State college and of the State Dairy Commission. The 

 proceedings are reported of the Imi^roved Stock Breeders' Association, the Iowa 

 Swine Breeders' Association, Iowa Dairj^ Association, and Iowa Park and Forestry 

 Association. Notes are also given on various farm crops and live stock, statistics of 

 the farms, crops, live stock, reports of county and district societies, and copies of 

 a number of papers read l)efore farmers' institutes. 



Eighth, report of the Bureau of Agriculture, Labor, and Industry of the 

 State of Montana, J. A. Feuguson {Helena, Montana: Bureau Ayr., Labor, and Ind., 

 pp. VIII-\-733, pis. SO, figs. S'2). — A brief historical and descriptive account of Mon- 

 tana is presented, together with a discussion of the land, agricultural industries, live 

 stock, labor, mines, various new industries, and miscellaneous matters relating to 

 population, markets, assessed valuation, taxes, municipal ownership, libraries, soci- 

 ological investigations, etc. Among the new industries special mention is made of 

 various mining enterprises, the preservation of railroad ties, manufacture of maca- 

 roni, and development of oil fields. 



Agricultural education in Hungary, J. Speir {Trans. Highland and Agr. Soc. 

 Scotland, 5. ser., 15 {1903), pp. 33-52, figs. 12). — This is a general account of the devel- 

 opment and present status of agricultural education in Hungary. There are at present 

 3 grades of institutions giving instructions in agriculture, viz, agricultural colleges at 

 Magyar-Ovtir and Debreczen; intermediate schools at Keszthely, Kassa, and Kolo- 

 zsvar, and 21 farm schools. There are also 11 itinerant instructors in agriculture. 



List of national. State, and local commercial organizations, and national, 

 State, and local agricultural associations {Washington: God. Printing '{ffice, 

 1903, pp. 296). 



