788 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



6 (1913-14), No. 55-57, pp. 96). — The author has summarized in this article the 

 various means that are being employed by the national, state, and municipal 

 authorities to solve the problem of the high cost of living. 



The question of food supply during the war, E. Th^ry (Jour. Sac. Statis. 

 Paris, 56 (1915), No. 6, pp. 23(>-£4^) .— This article gives data as to the foreign 

 trade in, and rhe quantity available for consumption of, grain and meat for 

 France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria-Hungary, for 1914, with 

 comparisons for 1913. 



Monthly crop report (U. S. Dept. Agr., Mo. Crop Rpt., 1 (1915), No. 4, pp. 

 29-40, fig. 1). — 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 miscel- 

 laneous data. 



The estimated percentage of the 1914 cotton crop sold monthly by producers 

 was as follows : August 1.2 per cent, September 6.8, October 14.8, November 18.0, 

 December 16.1, January 11.0, February 8.3, March 7.7, April 6.1, May 2.5, leav- 

 ing 7.5 unsold on June 1. 



The exports of durum wheat for the year ended June 30, 1915, amounted to 

 15,231,000 bu., as compared with 11,785,000 for the previous year. The receipts 

 at five leading primary markets were 21,356,000 and 20,625,000 bu., respectively. 



Statistical information is given concerning the production of grain and pota- 

 toes in Germany for 1912-1914, the percentage of the winter wheat crop thrashed 

 by August 1, the commercial bean production, and the per capita value of the 

 exports and imports of the United States from 1855-1859 to 1910-1914. 



Moisture determinations made by the Office of Grain Standardization of 678 

 samples of hard and soft red winter wheats show an average of 14.2 per cent, 

 10 per cent of the samples exceeding 16 per cent. This is attributed to the fre- 

 quent rains, and the need of careful handling is pointed out. 



Statistical report of the California State Board of Agriculture, 1914 

 (Statis. Rpt. Cal. Bd. Agr., 1914, pp. XXIV +365, pi. i).— This report contains 

 a number of statistical tables showing, for a series of years and by counties, the 

 area and production of the principal agricultural crops and facts concerning 

 irrigation enterprises. 



The agriculture of Pike County, Illinois, J. Main (Ithaca, N. Y.: Author, 

 1915, pp. 25, figs. 4)- — This pamphlet describes the climate, topography, soil, 

 market facilities, population, and tj^pes of farms and farming, and indicates how 

 the agricultural conditions of the county may be improved. 



Studies in the industrial resources of Texas, edited by L. H. Haney (Bui. 

 Univ. Tex., No. 3 (1915), pp. 105, figs. 21).— This bulletin contains the following 

 articles concerning the industrial resources of Texas : Economic Comparison of 

 Texas Soil Belts, by L. H. Haney; The Climate of Texas in Relation to its 

 Crops, by A. Deussen; Maps Showing Seasonal Distribution of Temperature 

 and Rainfall, by W. T. Donaldson ; The Population of Texas and Its Potentiali- 

 ties as a Labor Force, by W. E. Leonard; The Principal Crops of Texas, by 

 A. B. Cox; Cotton Seed Products, by W. D. Wright; The Lumber Industry of 

 Texas, by C. Lohman ; Irrigation in Texas, by B. L. Parten ; The Railway Serv- 

 ice in Texas, by R. Randolph; A Summary of the Banks of Texas, by F. L. 

 Vaughan ; and The Wealth of Texas, by R. Myers. 



Agriculture in Argentina — national wealth prostituted, G. T. Holm 

 (Buenos Aires: G. Krieger, 1914, pp. SO, fig. i).— The author believes that the 

 introduction into Argentina of grain elevators would bring about more eco- 

 nomical methods of handling their grain, provide the farmer with better credit, 

 and improve the quality of the grain. This publication is written as an argu- 

 ment in favor of their Introduction. 



