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Labor conditions among the forest workers in Sweden, G. Huss {Sverige* 

 Off. Slatis., K. Soc. Styr., 1916, pp. 399, figs. 66).— This is a review of the social 

 and labor conditions, wages, and hours of lumbermen and others employed in 

 the forests of the A'iirniland, Dalarna, and Norrland regions of Sweden. 



Notes on methods and costs, California crop production, II. L. Adams 

 (Berkeley, Cat.: Univ. CaL, [1017], pp. [7] +1^0). —This volume contains data 

 sho\\ing the requirements and methods of growing and cost of production of 

 the various crops in that State. The statements are based upon the present 

 practice of conmiercial producers, and are not designed to indicate what should 

 be done but rather what is being done by men specializing in these crops. It 

 also contains data concerning work capacity of farm machines, rules for de- 

 termining work of implements, a day's work per man. a day's work per crew, 

 annual amount of work rofiuired to care for live stock, costs of building ma- 

 terials, costs of fencing, costs of farm implements, costs of miscellaneous equip- 

 ment, i'.nd annual rate of depreciation of farm machinery. 



Meeting the food crisis, A. M. Soule (Atlanta, Ga.: South. Bell Telephone d 

 Telegraph Co., 1917, pp. 19). — In this speech the author discusses the deficit in 

 food croj) in Georgia, and the increase nece.ssary to enable the State to feed 

 itself. He also points out methods that may be used to obtain the nece.ssary 

 increase. 



The food supply in New England, E. F. McSweeney (Boston, Mass.: New 

 England Federation for Jittral Prog., 1917, pp. H). — The author discusses the 

 changes in the system of farming in New England, its effect upon the food sup- 

 ply, and some methods that may be adopted to improve it. 



The food supply of the United Kingdom (London: Bd. Trade, 1917, pp. 

 35). — This report, drawn up by a cnnunitlt'e of the Royal Society of London, 

 discusses the fo(Ml sujiply in the period of 1909-191.3, the proportion of home 

 produce and imi)orteil products used, the quantities of various classes of food 

 used during 191G, the ration for the civil and military population, and possible 

 methods of econouuzing the available footl supply. The suggestions given In- 

 clude a better recovery of Hour in milling, increase of economy in meat pro- 

 duction, increase In the protein available for human consumption by increasing 

 tlie manufacture of cheese at the expense of butter making, use as food of ma- 

 terials at present employed in brewing and distilling, and the diverting of 

 food now u.sed as feed for stock to use for lumian food. 



Production of food in Scotland, E. Wason et al. (Scot. Dept. Com. on Food 

 J'rod. fipt., 2 (1916), pp. 6).— This report discusses the land available for in- 

 creased food production, methods of increasing labor supply, manures, and 

 implements. 



[Increasing agricultural production in France], H. IIitier (Bui. Soc. En- 

 coiir. Indus. Nat. [Paris], 116 (1917), I, No. 3, pp. 5S2-59J,) .—This article out- 

 lines the extent of the agricultural production in France, compares it with con- 

 ditions in other countries, suggests methods of making agriculture more in- 

 tensive, and gives recommendations adopted by the National Association of Eco- 

 nomic Expansion with reference to the expansion of production. 



The wheat question. Terciiot (Vie Agr. ct liunilc, 7 (1917), No. 25, pp. ^.^3- 

 ji'iO). — The author points out the available home supply of wheat and the po.ssi- 

 bilities of increasing it. the intluence of Government intervention through price 

 fixing and the guaranteeing of price, and the influence of price on production. 



Food crisis in Portugal (Bol. Assoc. Cent. Agr. Portuguesa, 19 (1917), No. 7, 

 pp. 217-22If). — These pages outline methods that may be u.sed to increa.se the 

 production of cereaLs, sugar, cotton and other fibers, oil seeds, horticultural 

 products, and live stock. 



