390 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECOED. 



1914, over 290,000,000 acres of vacant land of which 175,000,000 was surveyed. 

 The greater portion of this land was located in Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and New 

 Mexico. 



List of farms for sale (Putnam, Conn.: Bd. Ayr., J914, pp. 168, figs. 25). — 

 This report contains u compihition of the farms in Connecticut offered for sale 

 and gives a detailed description of land, buildings, water supply, and distances 

 from railroad station, i)ost office, and churches, together with the price asked. 



An investigation of the profitableness of moor culture, W. Fbeckmann 

 and SoBOTTA (Landw. Jahrb., .'(6 (WW, 2;io. 2, pp. 275-326, figs. 2).— The 

 authors discuss the cost of preparing moor land for cultivation and its profit- 

 ableness under different agricultural practices. 



Report on migration from rural districts in England and Wales {Bd. Agr. 

 and Fisheries [London], Rpt. Migration from Rural Districts in En-gland an-d 

 Wales, 1913, pp. 33). — The author, by means of a questionnaire, attempted to 

 determine the deficiencies and the supply of rural labor in different districts, 

 and has classified his findings under the headings of employment in agriculture 

 and the supi>ly of agricultural labor; the extent, cause, and direction of mi- 

 gration ; special instances of migrations ; and general observations. The report 

 gives details for individual counties. 



Partnership in agriculture between landlord and tenant, R. Paget {Rpt. 

 Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1913, pp. 778-782). — The author outlines a scheme whereby 

 the tenant and landlord can carry on farm operations by means of a partner- 

 ship and gives a model agi'eemeut. 



Contract between, landlord and tenant, O. G. Lloyd {Amcr. Farm Manage- 

 ment Assoc. Proc, Jf {1913), pp. 98-116). — The author outlines what various 

 authors have published in this field and what he considers the important phases 

 of the problem, and gives a detailed account of an investigation of farm ten- 

 antry in Iowa with reference to the details of the contract between landlord 

 and tenant. 



He concludes that the farm w^ould be more productive, better improveti, and 

 its fertility more likely conserved if partnership renting were encouraged. 

 Inexperienced tenants with little credit and capital would be furnished the 

 necessary equipment and suiiervision to operate the farm more efficiently. 

 "The landlord will be more happy and a more progressive citizen if he remains 

 actively engaged in the business that has made him what he is — an authority 

 on agricultural conditions in his community. Partnership renting aids in solv- 

 ing many of the difliculties of the community as well as the difficultes of the 

 farm." 



Age of farmers, by color of operator, character of tenure, and size of 

 farm {Bur. of the Census [U. S.] Bui. Agr., U. 8., 1910, Age of Farm^^rs, pp. 

 35). — This bulletin is the first attempt made to analyze the relationship existing 

 between age of farmers, color and nativity of farm operators, size of farm, and 

 character of tenure. The data are shown by sections, geographic divisions, and 

 States. 



For the United States as a whole 6.50 per cent of all the fanners were under 

 24 years of age, 22.22 per cent between 25 and 34 years, 24.71 per cent between 

 35 and 44 years, 22.52 per cent between 45 and 54 years, 14.89 per cent between 

 55 and 65 years, and 8.72 per cent 65 years and over. As the age increases 

 the proportion of tenants decreases and the proportion of owners increases. 

 The data also seem to indicate that the older farmers own the larger farms 

 and that a large number of fai*mers retire to small farms late in life. 



The rural credit system from the viewpoint of the farmer, G. N. Lauman 

 {Off. Yearbook Nehr. Farmers Cong., 191.), pp. 68-71), — The author believes 

 that the American farmer needs a land title registration law, a fundamentally 



