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pointed to hear cases In different parts of the county, also a provision for a 

 probation officer In every rural section, the elimination <>r commitment of 



children to institutions, raising the ago limit of juvenile delinquents from 16 

 to 18 years, especially for rural children, since they mature at a later age than 

 do city children, the abolition of the office of justice of the peace, the prosecu- 

 tion of adults, and the establishment of advisory boards of citizens. The school, 

 church, village, and family are in turn discussed as important preventive 

 agents. 



Part 2 consists of descriptions of 21 communities and of the cases of Juvenile 

 delinquency found in them. 



Monthly Crop Report (U. S. Dept. Agr., Mo. Crop Rpt., 4 (1918), No. U. pp. 

 145-164, fig- 1). — Together with the usual data on estimated farm value ol 

 important products November 15, average prices received by producers, and 

 range of prices at important markets, this report contains the crop summary 

 for 1918, including comparisons with 1917 and the average from 1912 to 1916; 

 statistics for major and minor crops 1916 to 1918; aggregate crop-value com- 

 parisons; a graphic representation of the relative distribution of aggregate crop 

 values in the United States, 1910 to 1914, by crops and by geographical 

 divisions; data with reference to the wages of male farm labor; acreage, 

 yields, and monthly prices of a large number of crops for a period of years; 

 special articles on the December 1 wheat condition, December cotton report, 

 and trend of prices ; also crop notes for Bulgaria, Switzerland, Spain, and 

 Austria-Hungary. 



Cotton production in the United States, 1917 (Bur. of the Census [U. S.], 

 Cotton Pro J. U. S., 1917, pp. 89). — Statistics similar to those previously noted 

 (E. S. It., 37, p. 441) on the production of cotton are continued to date. 



[Agricultural conditions on the Belle Fourche reclamation project in 

 1917], B. Atjne (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Plant Indus., Work Belle Fourche Expt. 

 Farm. 1917, pp. S, 6-9). — "The area from which crops were harvested on the 

 project in 1917 was 50,026 acres, included in 825 farms, an increase of .'ill 7 

 acres and 23 farms over 1916. The total irrigable area of the S25 farms re- 

 ported in 1917 was 67,826 acres. There was a slight decrease in the acreage of 

 corn and wheat and some increase in the acreage of sugar beets." 



Tables based on data obtained from the U. S. Reclamation Service are given 

 regarding (1) acreage, yields, and farm values of the crops produced in 1917, 

 with a summary of similar information for the years 1913 to 1917, Inclusive; 

 (2) the live stock on hand January 1 and December 31, 1917, with a summary of 

 similar data for the years 1913 to 1917, inclusive; and (3) carload lots of live 

 stock shipped from and received at four shipping points on this project in 



1916 and 1917. 



"The average yield per acre of all crops has remained rather low, owing 

 chiefly to the fact that every year large areas of new land are broken up and 

 planted. Much of this new land is poorly farmed and the yields secured are 

 low, so that the average for the project is reduced." 



A decrease is shown in the number of beef cattle and of hogs. "The * 

 number of carloads of all stock shipped out from the four project towns in 



1917 was 1,843, an increase of 550 carloads over 1916. During the same period 

 203 cars were shipped in, showing a decrease of 229 cars as compared with 

 1916." 



[Agriculture in the Virgin Islands of the United States], E. P. Habtuci 

 (Bur. of the Census [U. 8.1, Census Virgin Isl., U. 8., 1917, pp. 41-4*, 1' 

 pis. 4). — Census data are given as to the rural and urban population, the num- 

 ber, area, and value of farms, the values of live stock and crops, farm tenure, 



