698 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. [Vol. 37 



regarding the estimated crop conditions of the more important crops, the esti- 

 mated farm value of important products, and range of prices of these products 

 at Important markets. 



In the first number special data are also given regarding the United States 

 summary of farm prices, the monthly composite crop-condition estimates, index 

 figures of crop prices, ten-year averages of conditions of crops, the estimated 

 production In 1916 of the different varieties of wheat in the three spring-wheat 

 States, special reports regarding Florida and California crops, the commercial 

 production of strawberries, Bermuda onions, and early Irish potatoes, the date 

 of harvesting watermelons, fertilizer used on cotton in 1917, the peanut acreage, 

 the world's production of cereals by five-year periods, and the estimated acreage 

 of hay. The number also includeds a reprint of a special article on the uses 

 made of the corn crop (E. S. R., 28, p. 595), the length of cotton lint for the 

 crops of 1916 and 1915, the international exports of wheat, and the monthly 

 world export of wheat and flour for the five years 1910 to 1914, Inclusive. 



The second number contains special reports relating to honey yields and pros- 

 pects, the commercial cherry crop, area planted to sugar beets, prices to pro- 

 ducers of cotton and cotton seed, the production and acreage of grain sorghums, 

 a special bean report, potato forecasts by harvest periods, data relating to prices 

 indicating the increage in average of prices, and index figures of crop prices, 

 commercial acreage and production of cantaloups, and acreage and conditions 

 of tobacco by types and districts, together with data relating to the acreage 

 devoted to onions, etc. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Proceedings of the thirtieth annual convention of the Association of 

 American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, edited by J. L. 

 Htlls (Proc. Assoc. Amer. Agr. Cols, and Etpt. Stas., SO (1916), pp. S6S, figs. 

 S). — This is a detailed report on the proceedings, including the papers sub- 

 mitted and discussions thereof, of the meeting of the association held at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, November 15-17, 1916. 



In addition to the papers and reports previously noted (B. S. R., 35, p. 700), 

 the proceedings also contain the following : Proposed Legislation to Establish 

 Engineering Experiment Stations, by A. Marston (pp. 26-33) ; Scientific 

 Management as Applied to the Farm, Home, and Manufacturing Plants, by 

 C. R. Jones (pp. 108-115) ; Report of Joint Standing Committee on Projects and 

 Correlation of Research (p. 133) ; Report of the EJxecutlve Committee (pp. 

 140-142) ; The Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Historical Statement, by 

 W. O. Thompson (pp. 142-144) ; Problems and Opportunities Presented by the 

 New Federal Army Reserve Law. by G. P. Benton (pp. 145-150) ; The Reserve 

 Officers' Training Corps, by W. M. Riggs (pp. 150-152) ; Report of tie Secre- 

 tary, A. A. Potter, of the Engineering Division of the Section on College Work 

 and Administration, setting forth In brief the history of the campaign in con- 

 nection with the engineering experiment station bill (pp. 198,199) ; The Ap- 

 propriate Field In Engineering Extension for the Separate Land-grant College 

 and the State University, by D. W. Spence (pp. 200-202) ; and by C. H. Ben- 

 jamin (p. 207) ; Mechanic Arts of Sub-collegiate Grade In Land-grant Colleges, 

 by C. E. Hewitt (pp. 212-215) ; and by W. N. Gladson (pp. 215-218) ; The Field 

 of Engineering Experimentation, by R. L. Sackett (pp. 224-229), followed by 

 n review by A. P. Davis of some of the possibilities or facilities of the U. S. 

 Reclamation Service along the.se lines; Control of Engineering Experimentation 

 in the Jynnd-grant Colleges, by H. S. Boardman (pp. 232-234) ; The Cooperation 

 of Teachers of Agriculture and Engineering In the Agricultural and Engineering 

 Curriculum, by R. J. Aley (pp. 241-245) ; The Status of the Land-grant Cc^llege 

 as Outlined in Reports of Surveys Recently Made by the U. S. Bureau of 



