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0.17 per cent of the farm homes visited did the investigators fail to meet with 

 a reasonably cordial reception. 



Charts are given to show the reduction in typhoid fever cases in the counties 

 surveyed, also tabulations of findings in regard to water supply, number of 

 rooms in houses in rural districts, typhoid fever prevalance, and other details 

 of findings in the communities surveyed. In the summary are included three 

 tables on the extent of work, findings on the original survey, and sanitary im- 

 prwvements resulting Immediately from the survey. 



The conclusions reached by the investigators are that rural sanitation is 

 needed and feasible, and that the cost of the work necessary to secure advance- 

 ment in rural sanitation is many times less than the cost of illness and physical 

 inefficiency. 



In the appendixes are reproduced certain sanitary ordinances adopted, reso- 

 lutions in regard to surveys, and a story used in educational work. A biblio- 

 graphy of available reprints and bulletins on the subject of sanitation Issued 

 by the Public Health Service is appended. 



Sources of agricultural statistics, M. <i. Lacy (Libr. Jour.. 18), Vo. 



12. pp. 859-866). — This article reviews briefly census reports on agriculture 

 and other publications of the U. S. Bureau of the Census, monthly crop reports, 

 several price reporting publications, statistics compiled by the Bureau of Mar- 

 kets of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and the Geography of the World's 

 Agriculture (B. S. EL, 38, p. 895) as sources of agricultural statistics for the 

 United States, also publications of the International Institute of Agriculture, 

 Experiment Station Record, and others as sources of similar data for foreign 

 countries. 



A bibliography of the sources and compilations Of agricultural statistics and 

 prices for the United States and foreign countries is appended. 



Monthly Crop Reporter ( U. 8. Dept. Ayr., Mo. Crop Bptr., 5 {1919), No. 2. pp 

 .0-24). — Besides presenting the usual Information regarding the estimated farm 

 value of Important products January 16 and February 1, average prices re- 

 ceived by producers of the United States, and range of prices of agricultural 

 products at important markets, this number is devoted largely to statistics of 

 live stock in the United States and other countries. 



Tahles are also given showing the relative rank in value of the different 

 crops in the United States; data relating to sugar beets and beet sugar In 

 Nebraska, 1916-1918; wild hay crop by States. r.»i7 and i:»ls ; and percentage 

 of white, yellow, and mixed corn in the crops of 1917 and 1918, by States. There 

 are included special articles on the Canadian crops of 1918; cereal crops of 

 Spain. 1918; milk production in the United States; tomatoes produced in the 

 United States for canning, soups, etc., in 1917 and 191S ; and Other minor 

 subjects. 



[Agricultural statistics of the Prairie Provinces, 1916] (Census of Prairie 

 Prov. [Canada], 1916, pp. 2S4-356). — In this report there are published in 

 English and in French, data relating to land occupied, farm holdings, held crops. 

 domestic animals, dairy products, and value of farm property in Manitoba, 

 Saskatchewan, and Alberta, taken as of June 1, 1916. 



Acreage and live stock returns of England and Wales {B4, Ayr. and Fish- 

 eries [London], Ayr. Studs., Si [1918), No. /, pp. 31). — This report continues 

 data previously noted (E. S. R., 89, p. 595), giving in more detail compari- 

 sons of figures for 1916 and 1918 with those of 1914, and for the period 1914- 

 1916 with the period 1916-1918. 



The important crops of Algeria and Tunis, 1'. Ykumkii. and F. LftONABDOS 

 (In Lcs Prineipales Cultures d'Alg&'ie et Tunisie. Paris: D4l4gatUm Fran, 



