108 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Agricultural Society of Carnithia, Klagenfurt; Agricultural Chemical Experiment 

 Station for Carniola, Laibach; Chemical Experimenl Station, Lobositz; Agricultural 

 Institute and Experimenl Station, St. Michael-on-the-Etsch; Agricultural Physio- 

 logical Experiment station of the Bohemian Section of the Agricultural Council for 

 the Kingdom of Bohemia, Prague; Experiment Station for the Sugar Industry, 

 Prague; Agricultural Botanical Experimenl station of the Royal Bohemian Agricul- 

 tural Academy at Tabor; Station for Plant Diseases and Plant Protection of the 

 Royal Agricultural Academy of Tabor; Agricultural Chemical Experiment Station 

 of the State Agricultural Academy, Tetschen-Liebvverd, ami the Agricultural Botan- 

 ical Experiment and Seed Control Station, Troppau. 



Rise and decline of extensive agriculture in England, H. Levy ( Entstehung 

 und Ruckgang des Landwirtschaftlichen Grossbetriebes in England. Berlin: Julius 

 Springer, am;, pp. 17 247). — The origin and development of extensive agriculture 

 in England from 1750 to 1880 are considered, and agricultural conditions as existing 

 at present are discussed. The following subjects are given especial attention: Changes 

 in conditions affecting agricultural production and markets; size of farms; economic 

 causes of a new development in farm management; social and political factors in 

 their relation to agriculture at the present time; economic advantages and disadvan- 

 tages of farms of certain sizes; and agricultural societies. 



Agriculture and animal husbandry in Norway, 1896-1900, A. N. Kiak 

 (Norges Offic. Statistik, 4- ser., 1903, No. 72, pp. LIV+ 252) .—Statistical data are 

 reported. The total area of arable land in Norway is given as 213,847 hectares, or 

 0.66 per cent of the total land surface. The farms numbered 159,255, the average 

 size of each being 1.34 hectares (3.3 acres). Potatoes, oats, barley, and rye were the 

 leading crops. The number of horses was 172,999, cattle 950,201, sheep 998,819, 

 goats 214,594, swine 165,348, reindeer 108,784. 



The average yield of milk per cow was 1,279, or for the more progressive farmers, 

 1,729 liters, the average price for new milk 10.78 ore (2.89 cts.) per liter, and for 

 butter 1.64 kroner (44 cts. ) per kilogram. The total number of creameries was 783, 

 of which number 765 received a total of very nearly 170,000,000 kg. of milk. 

 The number of cheese factories was 62, sixty of which used 14,000,000 kg. of 

 milk. — f. w. woll. 



Report of committee on indexing agricultural literature, A. C. True et al. 

 ( f T . S. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment stations Circ. 54, pp. 2). — This report has 

 already been noted ( E. S. R., 15, p. 324). 



The relation of the natural sciences to agriculture in a four-year college 

 course, A. C. True et al. ( U. >S. Dipt. Agr., Office of Experiment Station* Circ. ■'<■'<, pp. 

 15). — This is a report of the committee on methods of teaching agriculture of the 

 Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, and has 

 already been noted (E. S. R., 15, p. 325). 



Constitution of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and 

 Experiment Stations, as amended at the seventeenth annual convention of 

 the association, Washington, D. C, November 17-19, 1903 ( V. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Office of Experiment Stations Circ. 56, pp. 4)- 



Agricultural exports of the United States, 1851-1902, F. H. Hitchcock 

 ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Division of Foreign Markets Phil. S4. ]>p. 100, dgm. 1). — A statistical 

 report showing the quantity, value, and average price of the various agricultural 

 products exported hy the United States during each fiscal year from 1851 to 1902, 

 inclusive. 



Foreign import tariffs on grain and grain products, 1903, F. H. Hitchcock 

 ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Division of Foreign Markets Bui. 37, pp. 59). 



