1916] EURAL ECONOMICS. 393 



employment for the entire year, maintain crop production in a reasonably higli 

 state and yield a suitable labor income. 



Farm management for boll-weevil conditions, J. R. Fain {Ga. State Col. 

 A(jr. Bui. 98 {1915), pp. 15, figs. 4). — The author outlines two systems of man- 

 agement, one for diversified farming before the coming of the boll weevil, 

 the other for a modification of the plan under boll-weevil conditions. 



The farm first outlined is to consist of 200 acres, of which 50 are in pasture, 

 100 in a 3-year rotation of cotton, corn, and oats followed by cowpeas, and 

 the remainder used for raising corn for silage, soy beans, and peanuts, gi-azing 

 crops for hogs, a garden, and a small grass plat. 



Under boll-weevil conditions, 8 of the 33J acres previously devoted to cotton 

 remain in cotton, the remainder being used either for corn and velvet beans 

 for cattle, peanuts and soy beans for hogs, Irish and sweet potatoes, or vetch 

 and oats for hay. The remainder of the farm is to be operated as in the 

 first instance. 



The author has also outlined a plan for a smaller farm with the same system 

 of management. 



Terminal market problems, J. E. Boyt.e (Reprint from Quart. Jour. Univ. 

 N. Dak., 6 (1916), No. 2, pp. 159-167). — This pamphlet consists principally of 

 excerpts from government documents regarding terminal elevators, produce 

 exchanges, hedging and speculation, grading and dockage, and storing and mix- 

 ing. A brief bibliography is appended. 



Patronage dividends in cooperative grain companies, J. R. Humphrey and 

 W. H. Kerr (U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 371 (1916), pp. 11).— The authors divide the 

 cooperative grain companies into 5 classes: (1) Regularly incorporated com- 

 panies; (2) single elevators organized under cooperative law; (3) the county 

 unit plan, a number of elevators belonging to one cooperative association ; 

 (4) a similar plan but on a larger scale; and (5) similar to (4) but organized 

 as separate county organizations to secure the benefits of trading on boards 

 of trade. 



The authors point out that the dividends may be distributed on the money 

 value of the individual transactions or on the basis of the amount of grain 

 contributed by the individual members. 



Methods of handling patronage dividends under the various conditions men- 

 tioned above are outlined. 



Monthly crop report (U. S. Dept. Agr., Mo. Crop Rpt., 2 (1916), No. 5, pp. 

 41-48). — This number gives the usual monthly estimates of the farm value of 

 the more important agricultural products, and the range of prices at important 

 markets, with detailed statistics concerning the condition on May 1 of winter 

 wheat, rye, hay, spring pasture, spring plowing, and spring planting. 



Special reports are included on the strawberry acreage and the percentage of 

 the total harvested each month, apiary conditions, maple sugar and sirup pro- 

 duction and prices, the Texas Bermuda onion crop, prices of meat animals, 

 stocks of hay on farms May 1, and yearly summaries of the world's production 

 of important crops. 



Statistics of the production of cereals and legumes (Estadistica de la Pro- 

 duccion de CereaJes y Leguminosas. Madrid: Junta Consult. Agron., 1914, pp. 

 30; 1915, pp. 31). — These reports continue data previously noted (E. S. R., 30, 

 p. 791). 



Proceedings of the conference relative to the marketing of live stock, 

 distribution of meats, and related matters (U. S. House Representatives, 64- 

 Cong., 1. Sess., Doc. 855 (1916), pp. 152, fig. 1).— This conference, held at 

 Chicago, November 15 and 16, 1915, under the auspices of the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, was called with a view to ascertaining the essential facts and 



