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[Farm cost accounts at the Ontario agricultural experimental farm] {Arm. 

 Rpt. Ontario Agr. Col. and Expt. Farm, 42 {1916), pp. 21-29 ) .—These pages out- 

 line the method used to obtain the cost of producing crops, live stock, and live- 

 stock products on the farm of the Ontario Agricultural College, under the vari- 

 ous systems employed in its management. The accounts indicate, for the crops, 

 the various items of expense, the total yield, yield per acre, and cost per unit ; 

 for live stock, they indicate the quantity of the various feeds used, the value 

 of the products, and the profit for the year and per unit. 



Plan for handling the farm-labor problem (U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Sec. 

 Circ. 2 {1917), pp. SI). — The plan as outlined in this circular contemplates a 

 State organization and separate county organizations, and a local organization 

 for the distribution of agricultural laborers, and also provides for ascertaining 

 the needs of every farm, not only as to number of additional laborers but as to 

 the time when they are wanted. In the plan pre.sented, each unit acts as a clear- 

 ing house for its territory, reporting to the units higher up only surpluses or 

 deficits. 



Forms for use in the work are appendo<l. 



Agricultural labor question in Switzerland, IV {Pubs. Sec. Paysans Suisse, 

 No. S-i {1917), pp. VII +194). — To restrict the necessity for manual labor In 

 agriculture in Switzerland, the author considers measures relative to the (1) 

 general organization of the country, such as the influence of area, land improve- 

 ments, and buildings, (2) specific organization for cultivation purposes in the 

 substitution of motors and the use of proper implements and machines, and 

 (3) management of the work. 



[Agricultural societies in Finliind] {Lamlthr. Styr. Meddel. [Finlarui], No. 

 114 {1914) < PP- 91). — In this volume are contained reports regarding the work 

 of various agricultural societies, indicating the membership, tj'pe of organiza- 

 tion, functions performed, and accomplishments during the year 1914. 



California resources and possibilities {Ann. Rpt. Cal. Develop. Bd., 27 

 {1916), pp. 64, pi. 1, figs. 5). — This report continues data previously noted 

 (E. S. R., 35, p. 79.5). 



New Hampshire farms. — Your opportunity {Concord, N.- IJ.: Dcpt. Agr., 

 1916, IS. cd., pp. 42, pi. 1. figs. SO). — In this issue many advantages which the 

 State offers to farmers are suggested!. 



[Agricultural resources of the State of New York], C. S. Wilson bt al. 

 {N. T. State Food Sup. Com. Bui. 2 {1917), pp. iS).— This is a preliminary re- 

 port of the agricultural resources of the Slate, ascertained through cooperation 

 with the extension agents and school children. It indicates the amount of crops 

 and live stock wanted and for sale by farmers, the amount of live stock on 

 hand, amount of pasture, and the use expected to be made of the farm land. 



An auto trip in New York State and what three men found about rural 

 market conditions and farm trade {New York: Orange Judd Co., 1916, pp. 

 S2, figs. 28). — This report, based on interviews with farmers and country mer- 

 chants, deals with rural market conditions and farm trade for the pun^ose of 

 giving "advertisers first-hand, direct information regarding the attitude of 

 rural merchants and farmers toward advertised goods, as well as a close view of 

 the exact conditions, as reported by the dealers themselves, in the rural dis- 

 tricts of New York State." 



Com is king in South Dakota {Pierre, S. D.: State [1917], pp. S2, figs. 17). — 

 This bulletin is descriptive of the natural conditions, and the agricultural, 

 mineral, and timber resources of the State, Including opportunities for further 

 development and settlement. 



Statistics and resources of Utah. — Beport of the State Bureau of Immigra- 

 tion, Labor, and Statistics, H. T. Haines {Bien. Rpt. Bur. Imwigr., Labor and 



