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Coccidiosis in the hare, Brachinger (Ahs. in MUnchcn. Ticriintl. Wchiischr.. 

 o^ (1909), No. 17, pp. 310, 311). — An outbreak of coccidiosis among hares is 

 reported. 



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The reorganization of American farming, II. C. Price (Pop. Sci. Mo., 77 

 {1910), Xo. 5, pp. .i62--'i66; Separate; Sci. Amcr. Sup., 69 {1910). No. 1795, 

 p. 339). — The author shows that the tendency in the United States in all branches 

 of agriculture is toward intensive methods of farming, which are demanded 

 by the increase of population and the high prices of farm products. The 

 doubling of the present yields of staple crops on the present acreage is pre- 

 dicted for the near future by intensive methods of culture. 



A farm homes association {Breeder's Spec, // {1910), No. 32, p. 5). — This 

 is an outline of a plan for settling people from cities and towns on land in 

 Mis.souri and for training them in agricultural pursuits. 



The plan includes organizing farm colonies laid out with refei'ence to a 

 principal central farm. A colony unit is to consist of one central farm of 160 

 acres, held by the association, and 32 suri'ounding farms of 40 acres each 

 which will be sold to the settlers on a plan of easy payments covering 10 to 15 

 years, and not including the first year. Upon the main farm in each colony 

 will be agricultural experts to train the settlers in practical farming and in 

 the use of farm machinery. The central farm will also serve as the headquar- 

 ters for marketing the produce raised in the colony. The scheme is believed 

 to contain economic merit as a financial and business proposition. 



Farm homes for the homeless {Iowa Homestead, 55 {1910), No. 22, pp. 6, 

 12). — A more detailed account of the above plan with a discussion of its 

 economic and social possibilities. 



The inalienable property of the family (Jour. Agr. Prat., n. ser., 19 (1910), 

 No. 10, pp. 305, 306). — This is a summarized account of a conference held 

 January 25, 1910, at the Musee Social in Paris for discussing the best way of 

 establishing inalienable family property as a means of counteracting rural 

 depopulation. Government aid to farm laborers in Denmark is shown to have 

 increased by 3,830 during the years 1900 to 1908, inclusive, the number of small 

 proprietary holdings, ranging in size from 2i to 17 acres, and the increase of 

 small holders by making the property inalienable, by extending personal credit, 

 and other means is advocated for stopping rural depopulation in France. 



Notes on rent, labor, and joint ownership in Egyptian agriculture, W. 

 Cartavright (Cairo Sei. Jour., // (1910), No. 41, pp. 29-36). — Methods of pay- 

 ing agricultural rents and wages in various districts of Egypt, together with 

 the systems of payment for and joint ownership of live stock, are reported as 

 a result of the author's personal investigations and discussed in their economic 

 bearings. 



The uses of agricultural banks, J. Brett (Irish Homestead, 17 (1910), No. 

 18, pp. 371, 372). — This is a discussion of the functions of agricultural mutual 

 credit banks, with more particular reference to the origin, development, and 

 success of the agricultural bank at Ballyragget, Ireland. 



[The question of credit in agriculture], J. Ruau (Jour. Agr. Prat., n. ser., 

 19 {1911}), No. 11, pp. 331-33.'i). — This is an address made by the minister of 

 agriculture before the National Agricultural Society of France at its meeting 

 held at Paris, January 12, 1910. 



The paper gives a history of agricultural credit in France, the obstacles 

 which had to be overcome, the great progress made since 1894 with statistics 

 for the year 1909, the different forms of credit, the extension of credit to the 



