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and world's cotton crops since 1865. Tlie total crop for the year is estimated at 

 9,935,990 commercial bales, valued at $o29,269,;5o2. Of this, the sea island crop 

 amounted to 98,838 bales, valued at ^5,578,536. 



Foreign imports of American tobacco {Spec. [U. »S'.] Consular Rpts., 20 {1900), 

 pt. 1, pp. 71-1S-3). — A series of reports on the tobacco imports of all the important 

 countries of the world. 



Influence of rye on the price of wheat, E. T. Peters ( T\ S. Depf. Agr. Year- 

 b(>ok 1900, j}p. 167-182). — In this article the price of wheat in its relation to the world's 

 sui)ply of breadstuff s, the world's wlieat crop, and especially the world's rye produc- 

 tion are discussed. 



Our foreign trade in agricultural products, 1891-1900, F. H. Hitchcock 

 (r. S. Depl. Agr., Section of Foreign. Markttfi Bui. 23, pp. 61). — A detailed statistical 

 review of the foreign trade of the United States'for the 10 fiscal years 1891-1900. In 

 1900 the value of the leading agricultural exports amounted to $844,616,530, the prin- 

 cipal articles being Vjreadstuffs, cotton, meat products, live animals, tobacco, oil cake 

 and oil-cake meal, vegetable oils, fruits and nuts, dairy products, and seeds. The 

 value of the leading agricultural imports amounted to $420,139,288, the principal 

 articles being sugar, hides and skins, coffee, silk, vegetable fibers, wool, fruits and 

 nuts, tobacco, tea, wines, vegetable oils, and cocoa. 



Our trade with Scandinavia, 1890-1900, F. H. Hitchcock ( U. S. Bept. Agr., 

 Section of Foreign Markets Bui. 22, pp. 124). — This is a. statistical review of the trade 

 of the United States with Denmark, Sweden, and Norway during the fiscal years 

 1890-1900. The exports to these three countries increased in valuation from 

 $9,000,000 in 1890 to $29,000,000 in 1900. The imports were valued at $4,000,000 in 

 1890 and $5,000,000 in 1900. 



Agricultural imports and exports, 1896-1900, F. H. Hitchcock ( V. S. Dept. 

 Agr , Section of Foreign Market.'< Circ. 2S,j)p. 16). — Statistical tables showing the char- 

 acter, quantity, and value of the agricultural imports and exports of the United States 

 during each of the five fiscal years, 1896-1900. 



Agricultural returns for Great Britain, 1900 {London: Wyman d- Sons, 1901, 

 pp. XLIX + 259) . — This report shows the acreage and produce of crops, prices of corn, 

 and number of live stock with agricultural statistics for the United Kingdom, British 

 possessions and foreign countries. 



The course of prices of farm implements and machinery for a series of 

 years, G. K. Hol:(Ies {U. S. Dept. Agr., Dirision of Statixtic)< Bui. 18, pp. 31). — The 

 prices of farm implements and machinery for 1860, 1880, 1890, 1895, and 1900 on 

 about July 1 for each of these years were obtained from manufacturers and the fig- 

 ures are here i)resented in ta])les. The magnitude of the industry of manufacturing 

 agricultural implements and some of the economic results of machinery producetl in 

 the cultivation and harvesting of corn and wheat and the making of hay are pointed 

 out. The change in price of different implements and machines is briefly discussed. 



Agriculture in the Twelfth Census, LeG. Powers {Amer. Mo. Rev. of Beiieirs, ?3 

 {1901), No. 184, pp. 321-323). — A statistical summary dealing mainly with the num- 

 ber of farms in the United States in 1900 and their value. 



Notes on the agriculture of Reunion, F. Stuhlmann {BeiJiefte Tropcnpflanzer, 

 2 { 1001) , No. 1, pp. 29, figs. 3). 



Visit to Great Britain and France, W. Sauxders {Canada Expt. Farms Rpts. 

 1000, )>p. 44-66, pi. i) . — Notes on a trip made by the author, with a paper read before 

 the British As.«ociation on the results of experimental work in agriculture in Canada 

 under government organization. 



Free delivery of rural mails, C. H. Greathouse ( U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1900, 

 pp. 513-528, pis. 4, maps 2). — The author reviews the growth of the rural free deliv- 

 ery of mails in the United States, discusses tlie advantages and disadvantages of the 



