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Occupations and industries (Ccnttus of England and Wales, 10 (1911), pis. 1, 

 pp. CLI+867; 2, pp. 17//4-76'i).— These volumes of the census give the iiuiuber 

 of persons engaged in agriculture and other occupations by sex, age, marital 

 conditions, and i)osition held, for England and Wales as a whole and by minor 

 geographic divisions. It was found that the number of males and females 

 employed in agriculture formed a decreasing proportion of the total population 

 as indicated in the following table. 



X umber of t)ersons engaged in agriculture in England and Wales. 1851-1911, 

 and the proportion of the total population. 



The number employed in agriculture, the total acreage under crops and grass, 

 find the number of the different kinds of live stock have remained practically 

 the same during the last 30 years. 



Statistical abstract for the British Empire in each year from 1898-1912 

 (Statis. Ab8. Brit. Empire, 10 (1898-1912), pp. 2Jfl-290).— Contained in this 

 report are statistical data showing the production and consumption of the priu- 

 cii)al agricultural products in the United Kingdom and its various colonies and 

 possessions for V.)12. with comparative data for earlier years. 



Statistical abstract for the principal and other foreign countries in each 

 year from 1901-1912 (Statis. Abs. Prin. and Other For. Countries [Gt. Brit.], 

 39 (1901-1912), pp. 358-380, 7/66-.} 72). —This report contains statistical data 

 showing the total arable or cultivated land, the acreage and production of the 

 principal farm crops, and the number of live stock for as many countries as 

 information is available. It shows the quantity of beets used by sugar 

 factories, the sugar produced, and the quantity imported, exported, and con- 

 sumed. 



Statistics of harvest in Austria, 1913 (Statis. Jahrb. E. K. Ackerb. Min. 

 [Austria], 1913, pp. VI+360). — This yearbook gives the area devoted to various 

 agricultural purpo.ses. the area in crops, and the average and total yields by 

 minor geographic divisions. 



Agricultural statistics of Italy (Ann. Statis. Ital., 2. ser., 3 (1913), pp. 

 ISO-l-'f.'f). — This portion of the annual statistics of Italy shows the area devoted 

 to the different agricultural purposes by Provinces and the total areas and pro- 

 duction of the principal crops for 1913. with comparative data for earlier years. 



AGEICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



The training of women in the state colleges, Margaret B. MacDonald 

 (Rural Educator, Jf (191-'f), No. 3. pp. 50. 51). — Attention is called to the opj)or- 

 tunities for women to study agriculture and home economics at the state agri- 

 cultural colleges. 



