1916] EUEAL ECONOMICS. 497 



agricultural workers, and the influence of agricultural machinery and the in- 

 troduction of foreign laborers. A brief bibliography is appended. 



Results of a survey of state marketing activities throughout the United 

 States {U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Markets and Rural Organ. Doc. 3 {1916), pp. 

 7). — This is a summary by States, ba.sed on the replies to a questionnaire sent 

 to representative officials in each State to determine what States have estab- 

 lished official marketing departments, the agency charged with this work, and 

 the nature and scope of the work being done, both by such specially created de- 

 partments and by the extension divisions of the State agricultural colleges. 



Associations for marketing meat in Germany, H. Hokst {LitnOw. Johrb., 48 

 {1915), No. 1, pp. 1-136, fig. 1). — This article points out the causes of the forma- 

 tion of associations to slaughter live stock and market their products, and gives 

 the aims and organization of the associations and their development in different 

 regions of Germany. 



The Grange in Canada, H. Michell (Bid. Depts. Hist, and Polit. and Econ. 

 SfH., Queen's Univ. Ontario, No. 13 {1914), pp. 20). — This report contains a 

 brief historical sketch of the Grange movement in Canada, 



Ohio agricultural statistics, 1911—15 {Ohio Agr. Statis., 1914-15, pp. 78). — 

 This report gives statistical data gathered by the township assessors concern- 

 ing the acreage and production of the principal agricultural crops, the number 

 of live stock, quantity of live-stock products, and other facts relative to the agri- 

 culture of Ohio. 



[Trade and commerce in agricultural products in Chicago], 1915 {Ann. 

 Rpt. Bd. Trade Chicago, 58 {1915), pp. XXXI X+lJi2) .—This volume contains 

 the reports t)f the different committees of the Chicago Board of Trade and the 

 daily and monthly movement during 1915 of the principal agricultural products 

 by routes, prices, and freight rates, together with the acreage, production, and 

 value of live stock and crops in the United States and in the different countries 

 of the world. An appendix is given showing the rules, by-laws, and regulations 

 of the board. 



Prices and supplies of grain, live stock, and other agi-icultural produce in 

 Scotland {Agr. Statis. Scotland, 3 {1914), pt. 3, pp. 1S3-237, figs. 2).— This 

 report continues data previously noted (E. S. R., 33, p. 492). 



Agricultural and live stock statistics of Finland {Statis. Arsbok Finland, 

 n. ser., 11 {1913), pp. 109-121 ; 12 {1914), pp. iifi-i^S).— This continues data 

 previously noted (E. S. R., 30, p. 692). 



Price statistics {Ungar. Statis. Mitt., n. ser., 44 {1913), pp. IX+G2*+427).— 

 This volume contains statistical data showing prices and index numbers for 

 agricultural and other products in Hungary for a long series of years. 



Supply of foodstuffs and prices in foreign countries during the war 

 {Ztschr. AgrarpoUtik, 14 {1916), No. 1, pp. [1-8]). — This article gives the quan- 

 tity of the principal agricultural crops available in the countries at war with 

 Germany, together with prices. Similar data for previous years are also given 

 for comparative purposes. 



"World's production of foodstuffs and raw materials, and the provisions 

 from German Colonies in the past and possibilities of the future, A. Schulte 

 iM HoFE {Tropenpflanzer, Beihefte, 16 {1916), No. 1-2, pp. V +177). —in this 

 report are discussed the world's production and trade in various agricultural 

 and live-stock products and fertilizing materials, and the influence of the 

 colonial pos.sessions of difl:erent nations in contributing foodstuffs to the mother 

 country. The discussion is accompanied by a large number of statistical tables. 



Statistics of commerce of thp French Colonies, 1913 {Statis. Com. Colon. 

 FranQ., 1913, I, pp. 1197; II, pp. 1069).— In this report are given statistics 



