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by the extra cost of handling such wheat at the importing point. ... It offers 

 no encouragement to the farmer to grow the best wheat possible as would a 

 system offering a premium for quality. . . . 



" Unloading farmers' wagons, loading and unloading railway trucks, and 

 loading and unloading of ocean vessels would be very much quicker under the 

 bulk than under the bag system. . . . The saving in time of loading and 

 unloading vessels should result in lower freight rates, even if any possible extra 

 costs for preparing vessels or for insurance should tentatively be considered 

 operative for a time. . . . 



" The present large waste of wheat from weather and vermin damage, leak- 

 age, and rebagging can be prevented by the bulk system. . . . The bulk system 

 offers a better method of financing . . ., will provide cheaper means of cleaning 

 wheat, will save the freight on rubbish now shipped abroad, and the cleaned 

 wheat will obtain higher prices in Europe. . . . 



"A system built and operated by the Government Is recommended, with the 

 farmers adequately represented in its control. Inspection, weighing, elevator 

 operation in general, and marketing, should be under supervision of a grain 

 commission." 



Comments of the Victorian Railways Commissioners on the report on the 

 bulk handling system of wheat in Victoria (Melbourne: Govt., 1916, pp. 7). — 

 These comments are made on the report In the abstract given above. 



Monthly crop report (U. S. Dept. Agr., Mo. Crop Rpt., S (1911), No. 5, pp. 

 21-28). — In this report are contained the usual data regarding the estimated 

 farm value of Important crops and range of prices of agricultural products at 

 important markets. Data are also given concerning the farm stocks on hand 

 March 1 and the shipments out of the counties where grown of wheat, oats, 

 corn, and barley, and concerning farm wapes of male labor per month, per day 

 at harvest time, and per day at other than harvest time, with and without 

 board. Special reports are given concerning Florida and California crops, the 

 shortage In 1016 in the world's potato crops, frost damage March 4, 1917, in 

 Texas and California, monthly farm marketings and exports of wheat, the 

 effect of the cold wave February 1 to 6 on truck crops in Florida, and other data. 



A special Investigation is reported regarding the u.se of firewood on farms. 

 It was found that the total amount used was 81,875,000 cords valued at $225.- 

 426,000. The average number of cords per farm was 12.5 and the average 

 value $34.35. 



[Extent of crops ^own on reclamation projects] (Ann. Rpt. Reclamation 

 Serv. [U. .S.], 15 (1915-16), pp. 681-695 ) .—Th«'.se pages give data as to the 

 acreage, average yield, and value of crops grown on the individual reclamation 

 projects. 



Annual statistics of Cliile (An. Estad. Chile, 10 (191S-1I,), pp. 8+195, pis. 

 H; 10 (1914-15). pp. X08). — These volumes continue data previously noted 

 (E. S. R„ 32, p. 689). adding data for 1913-14 and 1914-1.5. 



The agricultural situation in the Department of Correze [France] before 

 the war. P. Berthault (Ann. Sci. Agron., 4. ser., S (1916), No.<<. 1-6. pp. 151- 

 206, pi. 1, figs. 12). — After dl.scusslng the condition of the .«!oll, climate, means 

 of communication, sizes of farms, and rural population, the author calls atten- 

 tion to the use of land, extent of crops, and live stock production under war 

 conditions. 



[Increasing the agricultural production of Italy], S. Lissone (Ann. R. 

 Accad. Agr. Torino, 58 (1915), pp. 77-115). — The author gives the extent of 

 agrlCTiltural production from 1909 to 1914 and the number of live stock, and 

 points out the causes for the scarcity of certain agricultural products. He be- 

 lieves that this scarcity is due to the lack of knowledge of the best agriculural 



