594 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



holdings, the providing of fnuds by the government for their proper exploita- 

 tion, and the practice of intensive culture there will be inaugurated a new era 

 of prosperity in Italian agriculture. 



The agricultufal awakening of Egypt and the Sudan under English influ- 

 ence, S. Steakosch (EncachciKh' Agnirldmlcr: XationalhindirirtscJiaff in 

 Agyptcn und un LUtdan iintcr cngJischeni Eiuflusf<c. Berlin, 1910. [jp. X!I-\-236, 

 map 1). — This book discusses the modern development of agriculture in Egypt 

 and the Sudan, including discussions of the climate, soils, irrigation, population, 

 and the bearing of the recent agricultural, industrial, political, and economic 

 changes on the solution of the agrarian problem in these countries. A bibli- 

 ography is included. 



Law of April 30, 1909, relating to the establishment of small farm hold- 

 ings in Denmark iBoJ. Agr. Tec. y Eeon., 2 {1910), Xo. IS. pp. 6^5-653).— The 

 text of the law is reported. 



List of farms occupied and unoccupied for sale or rent in New^ York State, 

 R. R. RiDDELL (X. Y. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. Farm Bui. 16, pp. 206, figs. 62, 

 map 1). — This is a list of nearly one thousand farms arranged alphabetically 

 by counties with desciiptiAfe details, as previously noted (E. S. R.. 21. p. 30.")). 



The cooperative plan of securing farms and how it applies to the South, 

 D. A. WiLLEY (Tradesman, 63 (1910), Xo. 23, p. 28).— A description of the 

 National Farm Homes Association, previously noted fi"om other sources 

 (E. S. R.. 2.3, p. 291). 



The development of agricultural credit organizations in France, L. F. voN 

 Hennet (Mift. Faehherichterstat. K. K. Ackerh. Min. [Vienna], 1910, Xo. 9, pp. 

 65-67). — This article discusses the encouragement given by the government to 

 agricultural credit in France, with statistics of the progress made since 1904 

 as a result of this encouragement. The laws relating to the extension of agri- 

 cultural credit are discussed, particular reference being made to the law of 

 April 10, 1008, granting long-term credit to farmers, which has since been ex- 

 tended to small owners by tbe law of March 19, 1910 (E. S. R., 23. pp. 92. 292). 



A systematic and comparative exposition of agricultural insurance legis- 

 lation, H. L. RuDLOFF (Fiihiing's Laiidtr. Zfg.. r,9 (1910). Xo. 10, pp. 3.I4J,- 

 353). — This article presents a study of the different societies and institutions 

 for the free and compulsory insurance of crops against loss by hail and the 

 insurance of live stock in tbe chief countries of continental Europe, including 

 information on the organization of mutual societies and other insurance insti- 

 tutions, their management and governmental supervision, insurance rates, adjust- 

 ment of claims, methods of indemnificatiou, and establishment and use of reserve 

 funds. 



Associations for the manufacture of products, F. M. Ferroni (Bol. Quind. 

 8oe. Agr. ItaJ., 15 (1910), Xo. 10, pp. 3^6-390).— Th\s article gives an account 

 of the number and kinds of cooperative associations in Italy that are engaged in 

 working up the raw materials of agriculture into industrial products. Among 

 the most successful of these organizations are mentioned the cooperative cream- 

 eries, wine cellars, distilleries, olive oil manufactories, bakeries, and flour milN. 



The author discusses the principles of such organizations, the conditions 

 which favor their development, means of securing government aid, the difBcul- 

 ties and defects of organization, results attained in Italy, and the means to be 

 taken for their encouragement. Traveling schools of agriculture with in- 

 structors capable of educating farm laborers in the manufacture of such 

 products are advocated for encouraging the development of such cooperative 

 industries in Italy. A brief bibliography is included. 



