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Roumania, and at times British India and Australasia; in tobacco, the Dutch East 

 Indies; while in cotton the other countries <>f the earth have nut yel produced a direct 

 competitor of the upland varieties grown in this country." 



Crop Reporter ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Statistics Crop Reporter, vol. '<'. Nos. 1, 

 pp. 1-S; 2, pp. 9-16; -.'. pp. 17-24). — These numbers for May, June, ami July, 1904, 

 contain the usual statistical reports on the crops in the United States and foreign 

 countries. 



A reconnoissance of Samoa, F. Wohltmaxn i Samoa Erkundung 1903. Berlin: 

 Kolonial Wirtschafttiche8 Komitee, 1904, PP- VI+164, }>1*. 20, figs. 9, maps 2).— A 

 report is given of the investigations of the author on the climate, soils, and agricul- 

 tural and other economic conditions of the German Samoan Islands. Particular 

 attention is given to the agricultural conditions, the cultivation of cacao being 

 described in considerable detail. 



A chapter is devoted to the subject of plant diseases, and attention called to the 

 desirability of treating many of the plants for the existing diseases and quarantine 

 regulations against the introduction of additional pests. 



Progress in agricultural education, 1903, A. C. Trie ( U. S. Dept. Ayr., Offia 

 of Experiment Stations Rpt. 1903, pp. 571-634., pis. 24 >.— This article treats of the edu- 

 cational work of the Department of Agriculture, the Office of Experiment Station-. 

 and the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations; 

 including in the discussion a report on school gardens and a reprint of the report of 

 the committee on methods of teaching agriculture (E. S. R., 15, p. 325). 



The article also reviews the work being done by the agricultural colleges, second- 

 arv schools, and primary schools. In discussing the agricultural colleges particular 

 attention is paid to the courses in rural engineering and rural economy, courses 

 offered in the latter subject in European agricultural schools being included. New 

 buildings at some of the stations are described. The article concludes with a reprint 

 of a circular of the Office giving a selected list of books on nature study and ele- 

 mentary agriculture. 



Agricultural economics as a subject of study in the agricultural college, 

 K. L. Butterfield ( U. S. Ikpt. Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Rj>t. 1903, pp. 713- 

 718).—T\\e importance of agricultural economics as a subject of study is emphasized, 

 and an outline is given for a short lecture course on this subject. 



Instruction in agriculture in land-grant colleges and schools for colored 

 persons, D. J. Crosby ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Rpt. 1903, pp. 

 719-749, pis. ? ). — Information on this subject is presented by States, and some gen- 

 eral conclusions are drawn in regard to the character of the work and the needs of 

 the institutions. An article on the methods and facilities for instruction at the 

 Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, by C. L. Goodrich, is included. 



Development of the text-book of agriculture in North America, L. H. 

 Bailey ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Rpt. 1903, pp. 689-712).— 

 Comments are made on the principal agricultural text-books which have appeared 

 in the United States, and a complete list of such text-books, arranged chronologically, 

 and containing the table of contents in each instance is appended. 



Farmers' institutes in the United States, J. Hamilton ( U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Office of Experiment Stations Rpt. 1903, pp. 635-687). — This is a report on the farmers' 

 institutes in the different States and Territories, with summarized statistics and a 

 general discussion of the work as a whole. 



The farmers' institutes, J. Hamilton ( U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1903, pp. 149- 

 158).— This treats in a general way of the development and present status of the 

 farmers' institute movement in the United States. 



Farmers' institutes {Ann. Rpt. Missouri State Bd. Agr., 36 (1903), pp. 260-307, 

 pis. 5, figs. 9). — Abstracts of some of the lectures delivered before the meetings held 

 in 1903. 



