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" There is little possibility that Germany can be starved. Her supplies are 

 probably sufficient to cover the minimum practical requirement. Her food 

 supply falls considerably short of the actual rate of consumption in 1912-13, 

 and it must be conserved and carefully distributed to insure a sufficiency in the 

 last months before the new harvests are available. There are distinctly less 

 meat and animal products available than in normal times. The serious danger, 

 it seems to me, is that disaffection may be spread among the working classes 

 by restrictions on the consumption of foodstuffs, and above all by the increase 

 in prices, which may seem to them entirely unnecessary if, as the government 

 has announced, there is really enough food for all." 



Settlement or employment on the land in England and Wales of dis- 

 charged sailors and soldiers (FinM Rpt. Dept. Com. Land Settlement Sailors 

 and Soldiers, 1915, pt. 1, pp. 30, pi. i).— In this report are considered methods 

 of settlement, advisability of ownership and tenancy, selection and training of 

 settlers, and provision for expert guidance and working capital. 



The use of agricultural motors and machinery, D. H. GoEEfA (Mem. R. 

 Acad. Cien y Artes Barcelona, 3. ser., 12 (1915), No. Jf, pp. 27).— The author dis- 

 cusses the importance of machinery in the agricultural systems of various coun- 

 tries, its influence upon the relation of food supply to the population, and the 

 relation of the use of machinery to the development of Spanish agriculture. 



A farm management demonstration on 161 Chautauqua County farms for 

 th.e year 1914, H. B. Rogkks (Chautauqua Co. [N. Y.] Farm Imp. and Inform. 

 Bur. Bui. 1 (1916), pp. U, fig. i).— This bulletin gives a brief summary of the 

 results obtained in a farm management survey of 161 Chautauqua County farms 

 made in connection with the extension work of the county agricultural agent 

 in 1914. 



Marketing and farm credits (Madison, Wis.: Nat. Conf. Marketing and 

 Farm Credits, 1916, pp. IX +531). —This report consists of papers read at the 

 third annual session of The National Conference on Marketing and Farm 

 Credits in joint program with The National Council of Farmers' Cooperative 

 Associations, in Chicago, November 29 to December 2, 1915. It deals with the 

 following subjects: Organizing agricultural cooperation, marketing farm prod- 

 ucts, standardization of farm products, warehousing and standardization of 

 farm products, local and terminal elevators, rural credit aids to land pur- 

 chase, present facilities for land purchase and need of legislation, and financing 

 the farm business. 



Farmers' market bulletin (North Carolina St a., Farmers' Market Bui, 3 

 (1916), No. 16, pp. 32, fig. 1). — This includes the usual list of farm products for 

 sale, and brief discussions of the benefits that may accrue to the cotton farmers 

 through organization in improving their products, establishing uniform grades 

 of cotton, warehousing, and securing credit and better prices for their products. 

 The text of an act passed in 1915 relating to the incorporation, maintenance, 

 and supervision of credit unions and cooperative associations in North Carolina 

 is also given. 



Live stock shipping associations (Wallaces' Farmer, 41 (1916), No. 10, p. 

 425). — This article gives a brief description of a live stock shipping association 

 formed at Farmington, Minn., together with the constitution and by-laws. 



A system of accounts for primary grain elevators, J. R. Humpheey and 

 W. H. Kerr (U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 362 (1916), pp. SO, pis. 3).— Fifteen forms 

 are given, with a description of their use for a system of accounts with an idea 

 of establishing a uniform system for primary grain elevators. These forms are 

 as follows: (1) Cash, journal, purchase, and sales record; (2) record of grain 

 receipts; (3) record of grain purchases; (4) record of grain shipments and 

 sales; (5) record of hedges; (6) record of sales to arrive; (7) patronage ledger 



