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by the nianafior of tbo Norfolk Fruit Growers' Association at (Juelpli, Ontario, 

 February P.. lUlO. 



Tbe su.trgestions presented for making farmers' cooperative associations more 

 successfnl than they liave been in tbe past are for farmers to run their farms 

 on business i)rinci[)les, keei)injr farm accounts, preserving confidence in other 

 members, paying the managers good salaries, securing more knowledge along 

 cooperative lines, obtaining more uniformity in the grading and i)acking of 

 farm products, and the pro-rating of products, particularly apples, according 

 to varieties, giving more attention to home markets, and carrying out the by- 

 laws and the true spirit of Cdoiicrative associations. 



The future position of the United States in the wheat and meat markets 

 of the world, F. F. Matenaers (Dent. Laiidiv. Pressc, 37 (1910), Nos. 8, pp. 

 81. 82; 10, pp. 105-101). — The author presents and discusses statistical data 

 regarding the acreage and ])roduction of wheat in the United States from 

 1870-1008. inclusive, together with the exports of wheat and the increase of 

 population during the same period. On this basis the conclusion is drawn that 

 in 15 years time the United States will be able to supply only its own demand 

 tor wheat. 



Similar data on live stock production for meat are presented, and it is 

 contended that the I'nited States has already lost first place in the world's 

 market and will gradually reach the same position in this respect as for 

 wheat. 



Crop Reporter (U. aS. Dcpt. Apr., Bur. i^tatis. Crop Reporter. 12 {1910), No. 

 o, pp. 33-'i0. //(/. 1). — Notes and statistics on the condition of crops in the 

 United States and foreign countries, the farm values and prices of agricultural 

 products, and a comparison of tbe monthly receipts of eggs and poultry in the 

 chief markets for the first four months of 1009 and 1910. 



Agricultural imports and exports in Denmark, 1908, N. C. Christensen 

 (Tidsslr. Laiidokoiioiiii. IDOD. Nos. 11. pp. liOX-li22 ; 12. 693-698). 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



The relation of ag'ricultural education to conservation, ,J. K. Reynolds 

 (So. Attautie Quart.. 9 {1910). Xo. 2. pp. n'7-188). — This article calls attention 

 to the declining rate of exportation of agricultural products from the United 

 States as evidence of the need of conserving the fertility of the soil, and sug- 

 gests the following remeflies: 



(1) Strengthening the work of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the state 

 agricultural colleges and experiment stations, and the farmers' institutes and 

 similar extension agencies; (2) a careful study of the work and influence of 

 special agricultural schools of secondary grade: (3) making provision for the 

 teaching of agriculture and domestic science in tbe ordinary public high schools; 

 (4) tbe encouragement of agricultural courses for prospective teachers in the 

 state normal schools; (.5) tbe introduction of elementary agriculture into the 

 elementary connnon schools; and ((>) the development of additional special 

 agencies for extending agricultural instruction directly to rural communities. 

 The author holds that approi)riations at least equal to those supporting "non- 

 productive state institutions for tbe abnormal classes" shmild be made for the 

 educational needs of normal society in a democracy. 



Agriculture in the hig'h school, M. H. Buckham {\ niirliiifiton. Tt.]. 1910, 

 pp. 6). — This address, given t(» the students of tbe winter course in the Uni- 

 versity of Vermont, considers agriculture as a cultural subject worthy to be 

 taught in all schools, on the ground that it is a group of sciences having " re- 



