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Wanted: A national policy in agriculture, E. Davenpobt (Urbana. III: 

 Author, 1919, pp. 28). — This address has already been noted (H. S. R., 39. p. 

 703). 



National policy in agriculture, Earl of Sei.korxe (Trans. Highland and A;ir. 

 Soc. Scot., 5. ser., SO (191S), pp. 187-197).— The chairman of the Agricultural 

 Policy Subcommittee of the Reconstruction Committee here addresses the so- 

 ciety on the subject of the report discussed editorially (E. S. II., 39. p. 402). 



The report of the Agricultural Policy Subcommittee of the Reconstruction 



Committee, YV. A. Haviland [Jour. Fanners' Club [London], 1918, Dee., pp. 



145-165). — This paper was road at the meeting of the Farmers' Club December 



5, 1918, and includes the comments of members upon recommendations con- 



.tained in the report and the means of carrying them out. 



Our daily bread, G. Radfokd (London: Constable & Co.. Ltd., 191$. pp. 127). — 

 State ownership and control of the land t<> assure maximum production, man- 

 agement by the State of its mineral wealth and natural resources, the training 

 of its citizens for more efficient service, sweeping reforms in methods «>f finance, 

 and the institution of free trade are here advocated. 



War-time farming, T. WlBBERLEY (London: C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd.. 191$, 

 pp. If7, figs. 2). — Tlie author discusses cropping systems and methods of man- 

 aging farm labor for economy ami efficiency on English farms. 



Report upon openings in agriculture suitable for disabled sailors and sol- 

 diers (London: Min. of Pensions, 1918, pp. 6). — This suggests lines of farming 

 in which disabled English sailors and soldiers may find openings, and describes 

 opportunities for training, provisions for maintenance during training, and 

 wages and hours of work. These matters are in the hands of local war pen- 

 sions committees, consulting with the agricultural organizer of the county 

 council. 



Urban and rural development in Canada (Ottawa: Com, Conserv. Canada, 

 1917. pp. [$]+9S). — In the report of this conference, held at Winnipeg May 

 28-30, 1917, are published addresses on rural production and development, 

 planning and development of the land, the problem <>f returned soldiers, and 

 others on phages of municipal problems, all of which, however, emphasizes the 

 interdependence of city and country. 



[Land settlement schemes] (Proe. Spec. Committee, House of Commons, Re- 

 turned Soldiers, Canad. Exped. Forces, 1917. pp. 605-610, 707-712, 874-886. 918, 

 91.1 926, 94S, 1206-1208).— These pages embody the opinions with regard to 

 land settlement projects in Canada, suggestions, resolutions adopted, and re- 

 ports on plans inaugurated heard from February 7 to July 17, 1917, by the 

 special committee of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada appointed to 

 consider, among other questions, that of the provision of employment for dis- 

 charged men of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, and the training and re- 

 education of the disabled. 



New measures for the development of agricultural production, Kaiti'U 

 (Ann. Agr. Suisse, 19 (1918), No. 2. pp. 171-ls',).— The text of a lecture deliv- 

 ered January 12, 1918, before the Swi>~- Society of Agriculture by the chief of 

 the Division of Agriculture of the Swiss Department of Public Economy, re- 

 viewing the various orders in effect for increasing food production in Switzer- 

 land and arguing for Increased efforts in the future from Swiss agriculturists. 



Organization of the agricultural laborer in northern Italy (Ifali/ To-dai/, 

 1 (1918). No. 8, pp. 80-88 ) .— This article describes the activities of the peasant 

 women in the agricultural societies of Italy, especially in the district of 

 Emilia. 



