696 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



Production and marketing of Egyptian cotton, J. S. Williams and C. 

 OusLEY {U. S. Senate, 63. Cong., 1. Sess., Doc. 113, 1913, pp. 10).— This docu- 

 ment represents a report of a committee appointed to study and report on cotton 

 marketing in Egypt, which shows, among other things, that while Egyptian 

 cotton is produced at a cost approximately no greater than American cotton 

 (about 12i cts., as compared with the American cost of 10 to 12 cts. per 

 pound), by reason of its superior quality it sells for about 18 cts. per pound 

 and American cotton from 11 to 12^ cts. The Egyptian output varies but 

 little from year to year and is capable of but slight expansion. The committee 

 advises that the cotton States establish a system of state regulated ware- 

 houses, thereby enabling farmers to store their cotton and secure cheap money 

 upon warehouse receipts so that they may sell the crop gi'adually over a period 

 of several months instead of forcing it upon the market, as they do now, 

 within two or three months. 



Earnings of agricultural laborers (Field [London], 121 (1913), No. SlJiS, 

 p. 549). — The author points out in this article that there is an apparent fluctua- 

 tion of agricultural wages in different localities in England. This he attributes 

 to the difference in the amount paid in the various localities in the way of 

 free rent of cottage, free milk, wood, coal, garden, etc. J'he usual money 

 wage per annum is said to be about £47, and the wages in kind £7 or £8 per 

 year. 



Agricultural laborers' wages and earnings (Farm and Home, 32 (1913), 

 No. 1633, p. 365). — This article calls attention to an investigation recently 

 made in England to ascertain changes in wages and earnings of agricultural 

 laborers for the last 5 years. The results show that the combined cash wages 

 and other earnings for the whole of England increased from an average of 

 17s. 6d. a week in 1907 to 19s. 4d. in 1912, Average wages and earnings are 

 given by counties. 



Hints to homeseekers, W. J. Geib (Madison, Wis., 1913, pp. VIII -\-27 4, figs. 

 31). — In addition to analyzing and discussing briefly the conditions and circum- 

 stances responsible for the " back to the land movement," this volume presents 

 information concerning the agricultural and soil conditions and agricultural 

 possibilities of a number of States in the United States and western Canada. 



Statistics affecting British agricultural interests (Jour. Roy. Agr. 8oc. 

 England, 73 (1912), pp. 339-3J/8). — Notes and tables are given showing the 

 acreage under crops, number of live stock, total produce, and yield per acre 

 of each of the principal crops of the United Kingdom in 1911 and 1912, with 

 comparisons. 



AGmCTJLTURAL EDTJCATION. 



Principles and policies that should underlie state legislation for a state 

 system of vocational education ([Nat. Soc. Prom. Indus. Ed. Pamphlet, 1913], 

 pp. 6). — A tentative statement of principles and policies formulated at a meeting 

 of a committee of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Educa- 

 tion is here presented. 



State-aided vocational agricultural education (Ann. Rpt. Bd. Ed. [Mass.], 

 76 (1911-12), pp. 122-129).— In this report as to the progress made in Massa- 

 chusetts in vocational training in agriculture for boys over 14 years of age, an 

 increase of 35 per cent over last year is noted in the enrollment of the agricul- 

 tural departments of the 5 high schools receiving state aid for agricultural in- 

 struction. The efforts made to connect the home-farm work of the pupils with 

 the classroom instruction amd the undertaking of home-farm projects by resi- 



