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RURAL ECONOMICS. 



Rural economics and rural sociology, J. Phklan {Eau Claire, Wis., 19 IS, 

 pp_ ^,5)_ — The author lias endeavored to bring together in this volume some of 

 the general principles of rural economics and rural sociology. It is designed 

 primarily for the use of teachers in rural schools who have not had previous 

 training in general economics and sociology. 



A sug'g'ested solution of the rural problem, H. Plunkett {Irish Homestead, 

 20 (1913), 2Vo. 29, Sup., pp. 52).— This is an address delivered before the Ameri- 

 can Commission on Rural Credit and the Organization Societies of England, 

 Scotland, and Ireland at Dublin, Ireland, July 12, 1913, in which the author 

 outlines briefly the experience of Great Britain, with special reference to Ire- 

 land, in trying to solve the problem of rural reconstruction, and makes sugges- 

 tions as to what is necessary to perfect its solution. 



The rural problem, or why farmers should organize and stay organized, 

 J. Z. Green {Charlotte, N. C, 1912, pp. 82, fig. i).— This pamphlet contains a 

 series of articles showing the economic advantages of cooperative effort gen- 

 erally and advocating the organization of farmers into local unions for the 

 purpose of so curtailing the production of crops for the market so as to keep 

 up a strong demand and to control the supply in such a way as to meet the 

 actual demand. It is pointed out that the organization should also provide for 

 the establishment and maintenance of a cooperatye system of marketing, 

 buying, ec. 



Marketing and farm credits {Proc. Nat. Conf. Marketing and Farm Credits, 

 1 {1913), pp. X+232). — The proceedings of the First National Conference on 

 Marketing and Farm Credits, Chicago, April 8-10. 1913, are presented in this 

 volume. Among the papers read and discussed the following may be noted: 

 Vv^aste in Distribution, by C. R. Van Hise; Distributing Food Products, by 

 E. M. Tousley ; Educational Aids to Organization, by H. J. Waters ; Educa- 

 tional Aids to the Marketing of Farm Products, by S. E. Mezes ; Beef Growers' 

 Organization In Iowa, by R. Beresford ; Dairy Organization, by E. H. Webster ; 

 Organization of Cotton Growers, by E. W. Kirkpatrick ; Farmers' Selling 

 Agencies, by L. S. Tenny; A Plan to Sell the Cotton Crops, by W. B. Yeary; 

 GralQ Marketing Problems, by M. R. Myers; Selling Dairy Products, by N. P. 

 Hull; The Arkansas Plan of Marketing Farm Products, by H. S. Mobley ; 

 Relations of the Government, Agriculture, and the Railroads, and Their Bearing 

 upon Better Marketing, by B. F. Yoakum ; Railroad Aids to Marketing Farm 

 Products, by W. R. Beattie; Financing the Farmer, by W. G. Edens; Cooper- 

 ative Finance for American Farmers, by H. Myrick ; Improving Farm Credits 

 in America, by B. F. Harris; and Cooperation among Jewish Farmers, by G. W. 

 Simon. 



The practical application of agricultural credit systems to American farm 

 and market problems, J. J. Dillon {N. Y. Dcpt. Agr. Bui. 47, 1913, pp. 1227- 

 1238). — This paper presents a practical discussion of the necessity for a special 

 system of agricultural credit in the United States, reviews agricultural credit 

 systems as they exist in other countries, and suggests in a general way plans 

 for use in this country. 



The mortgage bank principle as operated in Switzerland seems to the author 

 to be a practical and feasible means for supplying the credit needs of the 

 American farmer. The principle as outlined consists in the borrower making 

 a written application for a loan in which he gives a detailed description of 

 the farm he offers as security and also information as to his own antecedents 

 and conditions. The application is forwarded to the canton oQicials, for con- 



