92 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. [Vol.40 



A farm survey of Montana, E. L. Currier (Mont. Col. Agr. Ext. Si rr.. 

 [Pub.], No. 25 (1918). pp. [18]). — This survey of the agricultural resources of 

 Montana was prepared under the direction of teachers and county superin- 

 tendents following a personal canvas?: of 30,964 farms. A series of tables 

 shows, by counties, the acreage and production in 1917 and the acreage planted 

 in 1918. The farm labor situation is discussed, and a table gives statistics for 

 live stock on the farms in 1917 and 1918. 



How farmers acquire their farms. W. J. SPTXXMAR (Proc. Soc. Prom. Anr. 

 Sci.. 88 (1917), pp. 87-90, figs. 2). — This article gives tables and comments re- 

 garding (he history of the methods pursued by the present farm owners in vari-. 

 ous sections of the middle West in acquiring ownership of their farms. 



Of 417 farm boys in Illinois, 24 per cent went through four stages before be- 

 coming farm owners — laborer on father's farm, hired man, tenant, and owner. 

 Thirty-six per cent omitted the hired-man stage; these remained at home about 

 three years longer and the father provided them with working capital to become 

 tenants; they saved a year and a half, as compared with the first group, in time 

 required to pass through these stages. Thirty-two per cent remained on the 

 father's farm until they could become farm owners. 



Other bibles show that in Kansas 72 owners worked as hired men :in average 

 of 7.56 years before becoming tenants. 4 to 5 years being the most frequent length 

 of service in this capacity. In Nebraska 195 owners averaged 10.4 yean as 

 tenants before becoming owners, the major portion of them from 4 to 10 years. 



Handling the 1918 wheat harvest in Kansas, E. C. Johnson iC. 8. Dci>t. 

 Agr., Off. Sec. cirr. 121 (1918). pp. 7). — The methods employed for meeting the 

 labor shortage in harvesting the 191S wheat crop in Kansas are described. 



Annual report of Bureau of Marketing. 1918. L. Lanikk [Bien. Rpt. Comr. 

 Agr. and Itnmigr. [La.]. IS (1916-17). pp. 5-/8).— This is the initial report of 

 a newly inaugurated division of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration 

 of Louisiana. Its purpose is announced as, by means of the Weekly Market 

 Bulletin and in other ways, to get the producer and the consumer together for 

 the exchange of farm products raised in the State. The report shows that the 

 offerings listed during the first year amounted to $2,146,707. 



Rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture under the food 

 products inspection law of October 1. 1918 (17. 8, !><;>t. .\;ir.. Off, Sec. Ore. 

 120 (1918). pp. 8). — The text is given of the rules and regulations promulgated 

 under the food products inspection provisions of the 1919 agricultural appropria- 

 tion act (E. S. R.,39, p. 308). 



The bank of France and rural credit, F. Panto (Vie A or. rt Ruralc. 8 

 (191S). Xo. 29. pp. ^l-Jt-' f ). — This article discusses various French laws enacted 

 in times of peace providing funds for the promotion of agriculture, and the need 

 for further modification of the laws to supply increased rural credit, specially 

 for fanners in the invaded territory. 



Agricultural cooperation in France, G. Blanchakh (Eayptc Contemporaine, 

 No. IfO (1918), pp. 861-387).— This is a discussion of the agricultural cooperative 

 movement in France, with a comparison of its early aims and its present com- 

 mercial functions. While at first " le syndicat agricole " was a purely academic 

 body, there are now in France cooperative societies for purchase, Bale, produc- 

 tion, credit, and insurance. It is stated that the cooperative purchase BOCiel 

 have attained brilliant success, due to Government aid. and that the credit and 

 insurance societies have made satisfactory progress, but that the other typi 

 although fairly well developed have been surpassed by similar societies in <ier- 

 niany. Italy. Belgium, and Russia. It is estimated that in France in 1014 there 

 were 28,000 agricultural cooperative associations, with a total of 120,000 in the 

 world. 



