594 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Money crops in place of cotton, E. K. Konk (Tcsas Dept. Agr. liiiL, n. scr.. 

 No. 13 (1914), pp. 27, pi. 1). — This bulletin outlines a system of farming for 

 the different sections of Texas designed to give the farmer practical money 

 crops and a source of revenue which may be in part a substitute for cotton. 



Cost of grain production in Canada, 1013 (Census and Slotifi. Mo. [Canada], 

 7 {191Jf), No. 76, pp. .iin}-.j()6). — A special inquiry, conducted through the crop- 

 reporting correspondents, as to the cost of grain growing in Canada is reported. 

 Avith data as to the cost of the various items for fall and spring wheat, oats, 

 barley, liax. ami corn in the various Provinces. 



The movement of prices during recent years, A. Mabiotti {Atti. R. 1st. 

 Incorof/g. Napoli, 6. scr., 65 {191 ^), pp. 183-250). — The author compares the 

 index of prices of the principal agricultural products in England, Germany, 

 France, Belgium, the United States, and in the city of Naples. The principal 

 part of the discussion relates to changes since 1!)00. 



Return of prices of crops, live stock, and other Irish agricultural products 

 {Dept. Agr. and Tech. Instr. Ireland, Agr. Staiis. 1913, pp. 79, pis. 17, fig. 1).— 

 This report contains information along the lines previously noted, but with 

 reference to 1918 (E. S. R., 30, p. 297). 



The agricultural outlook {U. 8. Dept. Agr., Fanners' Bui. 645 {1914), PP- 

 45, figs. 2). — ^This issue contains the final estimates in detail for the crop year 

 1914. The total area harvested for 14 crops for which estimates are included 

 was 300,782,000 acres and comprised 92 per cent of the entire cultivated area 

 of the United States and being 0.1 per cent larger than in 1913 and 2.4 per 

 cent larger than in 1912. The total production was 10 per cent larger than 

 during 1913 and 6 per cent smaller than for 1912. The average value i^er acre 

 of these crops was $16.44 for 1914. $16.52 for 1913, and $16.15 for 1912, and 

 the total values were $4,946,000,000. $4,966,000,000, and $4,759,000,000. respec- 

 tively. The estimated value of all crops was $6,044,480,000, $6,132,750,000. and 

 $5,842,220,000, respectively, and of animals and their products $3,828,456,000, 

 $3,656,866,000, and $3,500,570,000, respectively. 



It is estimated that the cotton States on the average produce 46 per cent of 

 their total wheat requirements, 86 per cent of their corn. 75 i>er cent of their 

 oats, and 79 per cent of their hay. To produce the remainder would requii-e 

 15,000,000 acres. 



The pur^'hasing power of the farmer is discussed by X. C. Murray. It is 

 estimated that from 1899 to 1909 the money value of one acre of the farmer's 

 crops increased 72.7 per cent but in the same period the money value of the 

 articles usually purchased by the farmer increased 12.1 per cent. In 1913 the 

 value of one acre of the farmers' crops averaged about 1.2 per cent higher 

 than in 1909. but the value of articles purchased by the farmer has advanced 

 in the same time about 5.7 per cent. 



Among the other phases of crop statLstics discussed were the winter wheat 

 and rye sowing and condition, the apple crop, a forecast of sugar production 

 in Louisiana, onion and cabbage statistics, trend of farm prices, shipments of 

 California barley to New York, cold-storage holdings of apples, and the wheat 

 crop of the southern hemisphere. 



Statistical tables are included showing the estimated acreage, yield per 

 acre, total production, average price and value December 1 for the principal 

 crops for 1914, with comparative data for earlier years. Additional statistical 

 tables are included relating to subjects discussed in the text. 



Agricultural statistics of Denmark {Statis. Aarhog Danmark, 19 {1914), 

 pp. 26-29, 36, 44-52). — This yearbook contains information along the lines 

 previously noted regarding agricultural work and the number of farms in Den- 

 mark, including data for 1913 concerning the use of land ( E. S. R.. 30, p. 392). 



