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product? were as follows: Cotton-seed oil, 93,325,729 gals., valued at ?21, 390,674; oil- 

 cake and meal, cS84,o91 tons, valued at $16,030,576; hulls, 1,169,286 tons, valued at 

 $3,189,354; and linters, 57,272,053 lbs., valued at $1,801,231. 



Manufacture of beet sugar, G. L. Spencer ( Ttrelfih Census United States, Census 

 Bid. 59, pp. 15, figs. 5). — This is a report on the development and present condition 

 of the beet-sugar industry in the United States. "From this report, it appears that 

 there were 31 l)eet-sugar factories in the United States in the census year, distrib- 

 uted i.imong 10 States and 1 Territory, representing an invested capital of $20,958,519, 

 and producing 71,427 long tons of beet sugar, valued at $7,323,857." 



Salt, E. W. Parker (Twelfth Census United Stcdes, Census Bui. 116, pp. 16).— The 

 total value of salt products manufactured in the United States in 1899 was $7,966,897. 

 There were 159 estal)li8hinents representing a capital of $27,123,364. 



Statistics on the fruit industry of California, E. S. Holmes, Jr. ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Division of Statistics Bui. 23, misc. ser.,2)p. 11). — A brief statistical presentation 

 is given of the acreage and number of fruit and nut trees and their distribution in 

 California. Figures are also given on shipment of fruits by rail and by sea and 

 the increase of these shipments for the years 1890 to 1900. In 1900 there were 

 16,192,876 bearing fruit trees and 13,209,411 nonbearing trees, covering an area of 

 452,252 acres. The State shipped 88,189.2 tons of green deciduous fruit by rail in 

 1900 and 84,899.9 tons of dried fruit, 34,217.5 tons of raisins, and 45,679.9 tons of 

 canned goods. The bulk of these shipments was from the northern part of the 

 State. The larger amount of citrus fruits was shipped from the southern portion of 

 the State. The total shipment for the whole State in 1900 by rail amounted to 

 226,456.6 tons. The annual shipments of various fruits and canned goods have 

 increased from 161,170.1 tons in 1890 to 519,380.8 tons in 1900. 



Agricultural monograph of the Jurassic region of Belgium [Monographie 

 agricole dela region Jnrassiqne. Brussels: 3Iini.?:try of Agriculture, 1901, pp. IT+ 77). — 

 The region included in the study here reported occupies the southern extremity of 

 Luxemburg, bounded on the west and south by France, on the east by the Grand 

 Duchy of Luxemburg, and on the north by the Ardennes. The subjects treated are 

 climate and soil (seep. 723) agricultural operations (plant and animal production), 

 agricultural manufacturing industries, permanent improvements, and the agricul- 

 tural regime. 



Agricultural monograph of the clay and sandy clay region of Belgium 

 {Monographie agricole de la region limoneuse et sahlo-Vunoneuse. Brussels: Ministrij of 

 Agriculture, 1901, pp. 270). — The region embraced in the study of which this is a 

 report extends across the country from France on the west to Limburg in Holland 

 on the east, and from the Escaut and Demer on the north to the Samljre and the 

 Meuse on the south. The report deals with climate and soil, see (p. 723), agricul- 

 tural operations, including the methods and results of the culture of various crops 

 and the production of animals, as well as the manufacturing industries closely allied 

 to agriculture; permanent improvements, and the agricultural regime. This is one 

 of a series of monographs which are designed to give the results of a systematic 

 study of all of the various agricultural regions of Belgium. 



The practical results obtained in the experiment fields at Lauchstadt ( .1/(7/. 

 Deid. Lnndu\ (Jesell., 16 {1901), No. '^5, pp. 144, 145). — A brief review of the results 

 obtained at Lauchstiidt, calling attention to their practical value. A paper read at 

 the meeting of the German Agricultural Society at Halle. 



Twentieth century of inventions, G. Sttherland {London, Nem York; and 

 Bondiay: Longmans, Green & Co., 1901, pp. 286). — This is a discussion of the present 

 tendencies of invention and a forecast of the probable line along which greatest 

 development is likely to occur in the future, the forecast l)eing based on actual 

 records of the trials of inventions. A chapter is devoted to inventions of interest to 

 agriculture. In this is discussed the substitution of portable motors (electric) for 



