396 EXPEEIMENT STATION EECORD. 



contains a series of diagrams, indicating by States tlie period of wheat harvest, 

 corn and oats planting, and of planting and picking cotton. 



The revised estimate of the 1914 cotton acreage is given as 37,406,000 acres. 

 The estimated number of bushels of apples carried on railroad lines represent- 

 ing four-fifths of the total United States mileage and on practically all the boat 

 lines from June 1 to November 30, 1914, is 45,066,000. 



Statistical notes on the production, imports and exports, prices and mari- 

 time freights of cereals (Intcrnat. Inst. Agr. Rome, Bui. Agr. and Com. Statis., 

 1915, Mar., Sup., pp. 4?'). — There have been brought together in this report 

 statistical data showing the world's production of wheat, rye, barley, oats,, 

 maize, and rice in order to determine whether the cereal harvest of 1914-15 is 

 sufficient to meet the average world consumption until the time of the next 

 harvest. The harvest for the individual countries and the world as a whole 

 is shown for 1913-14, with comparative data for the five and ten year periods 

 preceding. The study seems to show that the world's crop of wheat, rye, and 

 maize exceeds the quantity necessary for consumption, while there is a deficit 

 of barley and oats. 



[Prohibited, exportation of agricultural products] {Internat. Inst. Agr. 

 Rome, Bui. Agr. and Com. Statis., 6 {1915), Nos. 1, pp. 23-26; 2, pp. 80-S4; 5, 

 pp. 124-128; 4, pp. 171-173). — There are briefly outlined the restrictions placed 

 upon the exportation of agricultural products by different countries because of 

 the war situation. 



AGRICTJLTTJRAL EDUCATION. 



[Progress in agricultural education in Manitoba] (Rpt. Dept. Agr. and 

 Immigr. [Manitoia'i, 1913, pp. 15-21, 85-89, pis. 2). — This report contains the 

 eighth annual report of the board of directors on the progress of the Manitoba 

 Agricultural College, and a report on the agricultural societies and college 

 extension work for 1913 dealing with agricultural society fairs, agricultural and 

 arts associations, agricultural special trains, boys' and girls' clubs, good farm- 

 ing competitions, home economics societies, seed fairs, short courses in agri- 

 culture, standing grain competitions, and plowing matches. 



Report of the department of agriculture for 1912 {Landthr. Styr. Meddel. 

 [Finland], No. 89 {1912), pp. 222+28).— TMs, is a report on the work of the 

 department of agriculture, the agricultural education and research institutions, 

 societies, and experts for the advancement of Finnish agriculture. 



The use of land in teaching agriculture in secondary schools, C. Colvin 

 {School Sci. and Math., 15 {1915), No. 4, pp. 329-333). — The author suggests 

 how land may be used by the city high school having little land, the township 

 high school having a medium plat of ground, the high school having access to 

 or owning a large farm, and the academy operating a farm. 



Tenth acre gardening demonstration, E. Kirkpatrick {Iowa Agr., 15 {1915), 

 No. 7, pp. 423, 424). — A cooperative experiment was carried out during the past 

 year by the departments of agricultural education and horticulture of the Iowa 

 State College on a tenth-acre plat of comparatively rich soil without special 

 preparation or the use of fertilizers or irrigation to test to what extent school 

 gardening pays. The returns from the garden showed a profit of $25. Tomatoes 

 proved to be the most paying crop in proportion to space planted. 



Agricultural extension service {Wisconsin Sta. Bui. 250 {1915), pp. 53-96, 

 figs. 20). — An account is given of the activities of the extension service, which is 

 organized into the following main groups: (1) Departmental extension, which 

 is largely demonstration work carried out mainly under field conditions; (2) 

 the county agricultural representative system, in which resident instructors 



