1910J EXPERIMENT STATION BECOBD. 589 



RURAL ECONOMICS. 



The evolution in farming, E. G. NotJBSE [Tale Rev., 8 (1918), Xo. 1, pp. 90- 

 tOS). — This resumfi of recent agricultural developments Includes discussions 



of scientific, capitalistic, and commercialized tendencies and of the two tyi>es 

 of agricultural organization, corporate and cooperative. The author commends 

 especially the latter as affording managerial, marketing, and credit, as well as 

 soda] advantages to the ordinary fanner. 



The future of our agriculture, II. W. WOLFF {London: P. 8. King d Son, 

 Ltd., 1918, pp. VI I +503). — In suggesting remedies for England's lack of a 

 national agricultural policy and failure in the matter of home production of 

 the food supply, the author studies, in detail, practices carried on abroad, 

 especially in Germany and France, in order to make comparisons. He writes 

 that protection has not proved practical from the agricultural standpoint, 

 either at home or abroad. He urges Britons to abandon wheat growing as un- 

 profitable, to increase the acreage of green crops, and to develop the dairying 

 and poultry raising industries. 



Detailed discussions of the subject matter are Included in chapters on edu- 

 cation, organization, working credit for farmers, labor, small holdings, a full 

 reward for the tiller, and reclamation of waste lands — these being the 

 desiderata for the agricultural revival, "a maximum agricultural output in 

 time of peace and a fully assured supply of foodstuffs In time of war" — and 

 the safe establishment of a national agricultural policy. 



[Role of agriculture], F. A. <>cii (In Economic Development of Modern Eu- 

 rope. Xcw York: The Macmillan Co., 1917, pp. 8-44, Hl-182, 158-211, 315- 

 S.'fO). — In these portions of this book the author includes introductory chapters 

 on the laud and people, and agrarian foundations; discussions of the develop- 

 ments in English agriculture from 1750 to 1825 and of the later English rural 

 decline ; and a historical survey of agriculture In France, Germany, and Russia. 



Corn Production Act, 1917, with explanatory memorandum, C. C. Black 

 (London: The Land Union, 1911, pp. SO). — The explanatory notes included in 

 this volume, with the text of the act, are designed to aid farmers, landowners, 

 and others concerned with carrying out its provisions. 



[Prevention of waste in agriculture], H. J. Spooner (In Wealth from 

 Waste. London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1918, pp. 1-13-193). — In these 

 chapters on the coming agricultural revolution, utilization of waste land, 

 reclamation of waste land, and waste due to neglect of afforestation, the author 

 urges the preparation of young men for agricultural careers, greater use of 

 farm machinery, cultivation of unused and poor lands, prevention of waste 

 from erosion and overflow, and the drainage of swamps, and recommends the 

 planting of timber trees. 



Farming on factory lines, T. Wibberijcy {London: C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., 

 1911, pp. 26/ h pit. 8, figs. 10). — The author discusses an extremely intensive 

 method of farm management advocated by him for several years and described 

 as a " continuous cropping system." This system aims at the elimination of 

 costly hand labor and of Idle land and labor, and it is said to incur far less risk 

 from unfavorable weather conditions than the prevailing system of cultiva- 

 tion. A practical demonstration of the method made in Ireland forms the basis 

 for the discussion and for the recommendations offered. 



Briefly, the continuous cropping system involves a modification of standard 

 crop rotations as follows: The winter cereals are sown In late summer or early 

 autumn In 12-in. rows or In double rows 18 in. apart, with 6 in. between rows, 

 and are grazed in the fall and spring to delay harvest. They are intercropped 



