288 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD, 



Stutistical tables are shown giving the estimated surplus of wheat and flour 

 by States, the condition, production, forecast, and prices of specified crops by 

 States on October 1, 1914, the average prices paid in the United States to pro- 

 ducers for farm products in recent years, and the range of prices of agricul- 

 tural produce at market centers. 



Agricultural production in Belgium {Blin. Agr. et Trav. Pub. [Belgium], 

 Off. Rural Raps, et Communs., Xo. 9 {1914), VP- 307). — Contained in this report 

 are statistical data showing for 1913 by provinces and minor subdivisions the 

 area, average yield, production of the principal farm crojis, and number of live 

 stock, and by months for 1914 the number and price of meat animals at the 

 principal markets. 



Agricultural statistics of Belgium {Ann. Statis. Belg., 4i U^J3), pp. 251, 

 252, 346-375). — ^Among the statistical data shown in this report are the number 

 of cooperative societies, their membership, and amount of business transacted 

 from 1895 to 1912, the agricultural population for 1846, 1880, and 1895, the 

 area in specified crops for 1910, the number of farms by size for 1846, 1866, 

 1880, and 1895, the amount of commercial fertilizer used in 1909, the number 

 of agricultural machines on farms in 1880 and 1895. and the number of live 

 stock by ages for 1810, 1840. 1856, 1866, 1880, and 1895. 



A collection of statistical and economic data relating' to the agricultural 

 industry in Russia and in foreign countries (Rec. Donn6es Statis. et Econ. 

 Indus. Agr. Russie et Pays Strangers, 7 {1914), pp- XIV-\-624). — This annual 

 report contains statistical data showing for 1912, with comparative data for 

 earlier years and by minor geographic divisions, the total production, area, 

 and average yield of the principal farm crops, number of distilleries, breweries, 

 and sugar and tobacco factories, and quantity of materials used and produced, 

 for 1911 the number of live stock, and for 1912 the trade in agricultural prod- 

 ucts, the wages of farm laborers, and information regarding agricultural credit. 



A B C of Queensland statistics, 1914, compiled by T. Weedon {Brisbane: 

 Govt., 1914, pp. 41)- — Among the statistical data shown in this annual state- 

 ment are the area cultivated and in the principal crops, the production, the 

 crown lands alienated, leased, or in other form of alienation, the number of 

 live stock, and the quantity of agricultural products manufactured in Queens- 

 land. In many instances comparative data are shown for other States. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



[Report on agricultural education work in California, 19141 {California 

 Sta. Rpt. 1914, pp. 11-24, 52-59, 76-83, figs. 6).— This report contains accounts 

 of the internal and external instruction of the department of agriculture of the 

 University of California by the director; of the work of the Univei-sity Farm 

 School at Davis, by H. E. Van Norman ; of the division of agricultural educa- 

 tion, by W. G. Hummel ; and of the agricultural extension work, by W. T. 

 Clarke. 



[Home economics work at the University of Illinois] {III. Agr., 18 {1914), 

 No. 7, pp. 309-430, 432, 434, 436, figs. 9).— A. number of papers by different 

 authors are included. As a whole the material presented gives an idea of the 

 extent and character of the students' work in this subject. 



Massachusetts independent vocational schools in operation May 1, 1914 

 {Bui. Bd. Ed. Alass., Xo. 5 {1914), pp. 6.3). — This bulletin includes a statistical 

 summary arranged according to types of schools, laws under which the schools 

 are operated, and a descriptive catalogue of all state-aided vocational schools 

 in Massachusetts, including, among others, 4 agricultural schools, 8 agricultural 

 departments in high schools, and 25 home-making schools. 



