AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 493 



Accidents at agricultural labor, S. Bassi (Gli Iitfortuni sul Lavoro Agricolo. 

 Milan, l'J()9, iJi). X\'+.'/lJ). — This volume discusses the general problem of 

 insuring farm laborers and others engaged in agricultural inirsuits against 

 accidents, and gives a history of legislation regarding workmen's insurance in 

 France, Austria, Germany, England, and Belgium, which includes the legislation 

 in these countries regarding the insurance and indemnification of all classes of 

 farm labor. The book also discusses the problem in its relation to conditions in 

 Italy, with an account of the legislative and other means that have been put in 

 operation for the solution of the problem. 



The farmer's profits and the speculation in land, R. S. Lanier (Amer. Rev. 

 of Reticles, J/l (1010), Xo. 2-'i5, pj). 1.13-730). — This article calls attention to 

 the relation of the recent high prices received by farmers for staple farm 

 products to land speculation by farmers and others. Emphasis is laid on the 

 economic danger which springs from the rise in land values which high prices 

 and speculation have brought about in the Middle West and Canada. 



The cost of production of the most important field crops, W. H. Howard 

 (Die Prodiiktioiiskostcn uHscrcr wichtigstcn Fcldfriichtc. Berlin, 1908, pp. S//). — 

 Data on the cost of production in Germany of wheat, rye, barley, oats, potatoes, 

 and sugar beets, as ascertained from 140 farms, covering periods ranging from 

 three to five years, are tabulated and discussed in this volume. 



Crop Reporter {V. S. Dept. Agr., Btir. Statis. Crop Reporter, 12 {1910), Nos. 

 7, pp. .yj~56. fig. 1 ; 8, pp. 57-64, figs. 2). — Statistics on the condition and acreage 

 of crops in the United States and foreign countries, the farm values and range 

 of prices of agricultural products, and monthly receipts of eggs and poultry 

 in the chief markets of the United States are presented and discussed in each 

 of these numbers. Number 8 also contains estimates of the land values and 

 size of fields devoted to wheat and corn in the United States. 



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Agriculture in Belg'ium from 1885 to 1910 (L' Agriculture Beige de 1885 

 d 1910. Louvain, 1910, pp. XI +197, pis. 7/8).— This is a collection of mono- 

 graphs published on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organi- 

 zation of the service of " agronomes " in Belgium. It contains an account of 

 the organization of this service, the duties and qualifications of " agronomes," 

 graduates of agricultural colleges engaged in extension work for the State, 

 and the results obtained in the various provinces by their scientific and sys- 

 tematically organized work, as shown by increased yields in field and garden 

 crops and fruits, the more extensive use of fertilizei's and agricultural ma- 

 chinery, improvement of horses and live stock, in dairy methods, ix)ultry 

 culture, etc. The agencies employed to bring about these results, such as the 

 teaching of agriculture in the i)rimary schools, agricultural and special courses 

 for adults, courses for farmers' wives, traveling agricultural domestic science 

 and dairy schools, lectures, written and oral consultati(ms, experiment and 

 demonstration fields and gardens, farmers' institutes, women's institutes, agri- 

 cultural libraries, associations, exi)ositions, etc., are described. 



A chapter from the early history of the college, J. D. Walters (Industrial' 

 ist, 36 (19W), A'o. 29, pp. 451-^56). — This is an article on the early history of 

 the Kansas State Agricultural College, prefaced by a brief account of the begin- 

 nings of agricultural education in Massachusetts, Michigan, Maryland, and 

 Pennsylvania. 



Cosmopolitan high schools v. separate occupation schools, J. H. Reynolds 

 (-S'o. Atlantic Quart.. 9 (1910), No. 3, pp. 27.J-^7.'^).— This article is mainly an 

 argument in favor of the incorporation of agricultural and other industrial 



