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iuflueuoe upon tlieagricultui'iil prutluetion and the marketing of af,'ricultural ))ro(l- 

 uets, and outlines certain factors to be considered in their future development. 



Rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture under the United 

 States Cotton Futures Act of August 18. 1914 ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Her. 

 Circ. Jf6 (J!)]5). pp. 2.}). — 'this circular contains the definitions, rules, and regu- 

 lations of the Secretary of Agriculture under the United States Cotton Futun»s 

 Act, which taxes contracts of sale of cotton for future delivery not made in 

 accordance with its ])rovisions. The text of the act is appended. 



[Amendment, United States Cotton Futures Act] (U, S. Dcpt. Ayr., Office 

 Sec. Circ. 46 {1915), Aiiicnda. 1, p. 1; 2, p. 1). — These two amendments relate to 

 the elimination of Waco. Tex., and Fall River, >.Iass.. from among the list of 

 " spot niarlcets." 



Government crop reports ( f/. 8. Dept. Apr., Bitr. Crop Estimates Circ. 17. 

 rev. {lUlo), pp. 27). — This circular discusses the origin, value, scope, raetliod. 

 and bases of the crop estimates and gives a table showing the scope of wnrlv in- 

 volved in the preparation of the several croi> reports by months, and the details 

 involved in making the final estimates. 



Statistical atlas of the United States, 1914 (Bur. of the Census [U. 8.], 

 8t(i1is. Atlas U. 8., 1914, PP- 99-\-XII, pis. 503). — ^TMs volume contains maps 

 and diagrams to illustrate the statistical tables of the Thirteenth Census, and 

 includes diagrams and maps x'elating to rural population, agriculture, manufac- 

 turing, and those gainfully employed. 



Annual statistics of Chile {An. Estad. Chile, 10 {1912-13), pp. 221).— Th\> 

 vo]un;e contains statistical data showing the area and production of the prin- 

 cipal agricultural products and the number of live stock by provinces. 



Report on the agriculture of Saxony for 1913 {Jahrcsbcr. Landw. Konigr. 

 Sachs., 1913, pp. VI+3Jf3). — This report gives information concerning agricul- 

 tural credit, labor, trade, and education, and the inspection of foodstuffs, fer- 

 tilizers, and seeds, the cultivation of land, animal industries, and live stock 

 sanitation. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Proceedings of the Conference on Rural Education, February 10, 1913 

 {Proc. Cunf. Rural Ed. [Mass.], 1913, pp. 45). — Among the papers and addresses 

 included in the proceedings of this conference are the following : Rural Educa- 

 tion from the Standpoint of the Agricultural College and Teacher, by W. R. 

 Hart: Rural Education from the Standjioint of the Rural Citizen, Taxpayer, 

 and Parent, by E. E. Chapman: The Betterment of Rural Schools, by E. T. 

 Fairchild: Educational Possibilities in the Rural High School, by R. W. Stim- 

 son : Educational Possibilities of Improved Social Conditions, by H. N. Loomis; 

 Two TyiX's of Agricultural Education, by D. Sneddeu; and Needs and Possi- 

 bilities of Education in Rural Communities, by P. P. Claxton. 



Present status of agricultural education in Canada, S. B. McCrilady {Inter 

 )>at. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, ami Plant Diseases, 5 {1914), ^^o. 

 5. pp. 571-578). — The author gives an account of the jurisdiction of the fetleral 

 and provincial governments, the agricultural instruction act of 1913. and the 

 present organization of agricultural instruction in the various Provinces of the 

 Dominion. 



Annual report of the state director of industrial education to the super- 

 intendent of public instruction, Manette A. Myers {Ann. Rpt. State Dir. 

 Indus. Ed. [N. Hex.], 1913. pp. 152, figs. 70). — This report contains (1) a copy 

 of the act approved June 10, 1912. empowering the New Mexico board of edu- 

 cation to prescribe a course in industrial education, including agriculture. 



