594 EXPEBIMENT STATION" EECOKD. 



Mortality statistics, 1913 (Bur. of the Census [U. S.], Mortality Statis., H 

 (1913), pp. 631, figs. 7). — ^AxQong the statistics contained in tliis report are the 

 following relating to the rural population : Total number of deaths, general 

 death rate, death rate per 100,000 persons from specific causes for the registra- 

 tion area of the United States and for individual States within that area, and 

 total number of deaths by causes for rural parts of registration States. 



National subsistence and agricultural colonization, H. Kranold {Massen- 

 erndhrung AgrarpoUtik Kolonisatioii. Munich: G. C. Steinicke, 1914, pp. 95). — 

 This report discusses changes in German agriculture relative to its making the 

 nation self-sustaining, and indicates the extent and the control of the national 

 deficit in agricultural products and its social and hygienic effect upon the 

 people. A number of statistical tables are included showing changes that have 

 taken place. 



[Agriculture in Norway] (Statis. Aarhok Eonger. Norge, 34 (1914), PP- 26- 

 55).— These pages continue statistical data previously noted (E. S. R., 31, p. 

 192). to include 1913. 



Agriculture in Serbia, F. O. Waldmann (Fiihling's Landw. Ztg., 64 (1915) r 

 No. 2, pp. 55-60). — The author briefly summarizes the agricultural conditions 

 in Serbia by describing the climatic conditions, area and kinds of crops grown, 

 and types and number of live stock. 



Estimates of area and yield of principal crops in India, 1913—14 (Dept. 

 Statis. India, Est. Area and Yield Princ. Crops India, 1913-14, pp. 25, pi. 1). — 

 This report gives for 1913-14 the area and total and average yields by Provinces 

 for the principal crops, and explains the methods of making estimates and col- 

 lecting statistics. Comparative data are given for earlier years. 



Pineapple-canning industry of the world, J. A. Shriver (U. S. Dept. Com., 

 Bur. Foreign and Dam. Com., Spec. Agents Ser., No. 91 (1915), pp. 43). — This 

 report describes the extent of this industry, methods employed in conducting 

 canneries, the labor problems, and factory systems. 



Monthly crop report (U. S. Dept. Agr., Mo. Crop. Rpt., 1 (1915), No. 3, pp. 

 12, figs. 6). — This number gives the usual monthly estimates of the acreage, 

 condition, and yield of the more important agricultural crops, the farm prices 

 of important products, and the range of prices at important markets, with mis- 

 cellaneous data, including charts showing the monthly variation in live-stock 

 prices. 



An inquiry as to the use of corn for silage shows that approximately 8 per 

 cent of the corn acreage last year was cut for silos, 11 per cent cut green for 

 feed, and 81 per cent matured for grain. Detailed percentages and acreages are 

 shown by States. 



An inquiry as to the extent of this year's reduction in the use of commercial 

 fertilizers for cotton, as indicated by the sales of fertilizer inspection tags to 

 June 25, 1915, compared with the sales for the last year to that date, shows 

 that there was a reduction of 25 per cent for North Carolina, 45 for South 

 Carolina. 44 for Georgia, 32 for Florida, about 50 for Alabama, 26 for Missis- 

 sippi, 19 for Louisiana, and 70 for Arkansas. 



It is pointed out that the reduction in the absolute quantity of commercial 

 fertilizers used does not measure the full extent of the loss in the productive 

 powers of the plant, since the quality of the fertilizers sold is much inferior to 

 last year's supply because of the lack of available supplies of potash. It ap- 

 pears, however, that the southern farmers have exerted themselves to a hitherto 

 unknown extent in the utilization of home-produced composts and natural 

 manures. 



Farmers' market bulletin (North Carolina Sta., Farm,ers' Market Buls. 1 

 (1914), No. 3, pp. 15; 2 (1915), No. 3, pp. J 6). —Suggestions are given on mar- 



