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worship, a parsonage, and a parish house- and to church finance on a bush 

 basis. 



[Some of the economic phases of the report of the Agricultural Commis- 

 sion to Europe], K. A. Pearson BT ai.., w. a. Taylor, and 'I'. I'. Jlivi (In I\'i>t. 

 Agr. Com. Europe. Washington: U. S. Dept. Agr., 1919, }>i>. 2& ;/. ;.' .; ',i 

 45, 69-72. 79). — These sections of this report embody observations of the Agri- 

 cultural Commission to Europe (E. S. R., 39, p. 703) on questions of economic 

 interest, namely, measures to increase agricultural production in Italy, in< lud- 

 Ing increase in acreage, mechanical plowing, activities of the labor office, and 

 the provisions for rural credits; Government price fixing in England; estimates 

 of t he relative influence of war upon the agriculture of the United Kingdom and 

 of France; wheat requirements and production in the United Kingdom and 

 France and in Italy and Belgium; and notes on the possible shift in agricul- 

 tural prosperity that may result from new international relationships. 



Now and then, or notes on the society and its work in 1897 and in 1918, 

 J. B. Harbison (Timehri, Brit. Guiana, 3. ser., 5 (1918), pp. VJJ+LXXXI).— 

 This article discusses the growth of the work carried on by the Royal Agri- 

 cultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana during the last '2.1 years. 

 The phases considered include agricultural education, exhibitions, and ind us- 

 tries: adulteration of foodstuffs; soils; and irrigation. The principal crops 

 discussed arc feeds, coconuts, cacao, coffee, fruits, and Para rubber. 



How Holland will dispose of the Zuider Zee. R. G. Skekrett (S<i. Aiiur., 

 119 (1918). Xo. IS. pp. 251. 261. figs. 2).— The author states that on June 14, 

 1018. a bill was passed in Holland embodying plans to drain the Zuider Zee and 

 thus add 523,440 acres of land to the total area. The author states that 90 

 per cent of this bottom is covered with silt and cultivable clay, which will 

 increase the farming and cattle raising area by 480,000 acres and will accom- 

 modate an industrial population of about 250,000. The cost, magnitude, and 

 results of the reclamation are also discussed. 



Economic problems of technical agriculture, G. Fernandez de la Rosa (Bol. 

 Agr. 'Ice. y Econ., 10 (1918), Nos. J 09. pp. 17-21 ; 110. pp. 105-115; 111. pp. 197- 

 208; 112, pp. 305-815: 113. pp. 385-395: Ilk, PP- 486-^94 ) .—These articles dis- 

 cuss some of the principal economic questions of agriculture in Spain. Some 

 of the reforms suggested by the author are conservation and improvement of 

 t lie herds, the intensification of wheat cultivation through irrigation and credit, 

 the necessity of simultaneous local politico-administrative reforms in agricul- 

 ture, the increased cultivation of cotton and the development of cotton textiles 

 in Spain, the enlargement of the various branches of horticulture, and official 

 educational institutions to promote Spanish agriculture. 



Present agricultural problems and colonization in Algeria. G.-J. Stotz 

 (Prog. Agr. <t Vit. (Ed. FEst-Centn I, 39 (1918). No. S3, pp. 153-160) .—The 

 author discusses the agricultural productivity of Algeria in the light of the 

 economic rebuilding of France. He compares Algeria with other countries, 

 and finds that it compares favorably with Australia. Argentina, Canada, and 

 the United States in the possibilities of production of cereals. He maintains 

 that with proper organization, a modification of methods, and a maximum 

 utilization of the rainfall, agricultural production, both vegetable and animal, 

 can be greatly increased until northern Africa takes a high place among the 

 more recently developed nations. 



Agricultural production for 1919. with special reference to crops and live 



stock (17. S. Dept. Agr., Off. See. Circ. 125 (1919), pp. 27 ).— This report, similar 



to one previously noted (E. S. R.. 38, p. S96), include^ a review of the essential 



facts of agricultural production in the United States in 191S. taken from the 



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