MISCELLANEOUS. 1035 



Exports of farm and forest products, 1901-1903 (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau 

 of Statistics Bui. 32, pp. 100). — This is a statistical report on the kind, quantity, value, 

 and distribution of farm and forest products. The total value of the farm products 

 exported in 1903 was $878,480,557 and the forest products $58,281,124. 



Foreign trade in farm and forest products, 1904 ( U. S. Dept. Ayr., Bureau of 

 Statistics Circ. 16, pp. 19). — This preliminary statement shows that the total value of 

 the agricultural exports for 11»04 was $859,160,264 and the total value of the agricul- 

 tural imports $461,434,851. The exports and imports of forest products during 1904 

 amounted to $69,500,430 and $79,619,296. Meat and meat products, grain and grain 

 j products, and cotton comprised 81 percent of the value of the exports. The leading 

 articles imported were sugar and molasses, animal fibers, coffee, hides and skins, 

 and vegetable fibers. 



Crop Reporter | U. S. I>< i>i. Agr., Bureau of Statistics Crop Reporter, vol. 6, Nos. 10, 

 pp. 81-88; li, pp. 89-96; i.'. />/>. 07-104).— These numbersfor February, March, and 

 April, 1905, contain the usual statistical reports and special articles on the crop- in 

 the United States and foreign countries. Some of the principal articles are as follows: 

 British wheat imports for 20 years; imports and exports of the principal agricultural 

 products for the year ended December Ml, 1904; life of the Chilian nitrate production; 

 control of the boll weevil; pork packing in the West, and molasses as a feed for live 

 stock. 



Fertilizers, foods, seeds, and antiparasitic substances, I. Giglioli (Ann. 

 Agr. [Home], 1905, pp. XVI 759). — Part I deals with the production and sale in 

 Italy of fertilizers, artificial food products, seeds, insecticides and fungicides, the 

 adulteration of these products and the necessity of protecting Italian agriculture 

 from such frauds, and the work of the principal agricultural experiment stations in 

 Italy along these lines. Part II deals with similar control work in other countries. 



Proceedings of the State Board of Agriculture, and Farmers' Normal 

 Institute, A. L. Martin (Pennsylvania Dept. Agr. Bui. 131, pp. 259). — This includes 

 a large number of miscellaneous papers presented at the meeting held in October, 

 1<)()4. 



Agricultural education in France, Viger (Indus. Lait. [Paris], SO (1905), No. 

 15, pp. 176, 177). — This is a brief review of the development of agricultural educa- 

 tion in France. 



Practical studies in agriculture for public schools, M. L. Fisher (Purdue 

 Univ. [Pamphlet], 1904, pp. 40). — This is a school of agriculture pamphlet prepared 

 "to assist teachers in country schools to plan and administer simple exercises in the 

 study of natural objects and materials." The pamphlet is divided into two parts. 

 Part 1 contains 27 practical studies in agriculture for the common schools arranged 

 in logical order, beginning with simple experiments with soils under different condi- 

 tions and different methods of treatment, and taking up seed germination, planting, 

 and purity; root systems and stooling habits of some farm crops; collections of prod- 

 ucts of the neighborhood; common weeds; animal life of the neighborhood; migra- 

 tion of birds; budding and grafting; insecticides and fungicides; acidity of milk; the 

 use of the Babcock test; effect of temperature on the creaming of milk, and the use 

 of score cards in judging corn and livestock. The second part is devoted to experi- 

 ments for home study, prepared by different members of the school and station staff. 

 Some of the subjects treated in these experiments are effects of mulches on evapora- 

 tion; determination of fertilizer needs of a soil; cultivation of corn; variety tests of 

 wheat; seeding alfalfa with and without inoculation and with and without a nurse 

 crop; experiments with strawberries; prevention of oat smut; remedy for potato 

 Bcab; feeding experiments with poultry, pigs, and calves; studies of balanced rations, 

 of variations in daily yield of milk, of relative yields of different cows, and of the 

 influence of cleanliness and cold on the keeping quality of milk. A list of books for 

 supplementary reading and study and for libraries is appended. 



