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The true sphere of central banks, J. C Coyajee {Bcnyal, Bihar, and Orissa 

 Coop. Jour., 5 (1!)20), No. 4, pp. 232-241). — The author is opposed to an exten- 

 sion of the function of the central banks to control and propaganda in the 

 cooperative credit system of India. 



Short-time credit for farmers, W. R. Camp {Farm Jour., 44 {1V20), No. 2, 

 pp. 132, 133). — Certain salient points in the organization and operation of co- 

 operative rural credit unions are set forth .here, being illustrated with actual 

 figures for the business of five such societies in North Carolina. 



Short-time personal credit, J. Yamandi {Rev. de Revistas [Buenos Aires'], 2 

 {1919), No. 17, pp. 19, 20).— The author sets forth farmers' needs of credit in 

 general, indicates the expenses attached to mortgage credit obtained through 

 private banking institutions, aud urges the cooperative organization of small 

 landholders for both long-time mortgage credit and short-time personal credit. 



[Rural credit, cooperation, and insurance in the Philippines], A. 

 Hernandez lPJiilippinc'\ Bur. Agr. Rpt. 1918, pp. 54-57, pi. 1). — Brief notes on 

 the progress of projects previously noted (E, S. R., 41, p. 793) are given here. 



Problems of a rural juvenile court, J. W. Lee {Colo. State Teachers Col. 

 Bui. Ser. 19, 1919, No. 7, pp. 52). — Characteristic geographic features and prob-' 

 lems of Weld County, Colo., as they influence juvenile delinquency are de- 

 .scribed, and a general discussion is given to such problems as formal and 

 informal probation, institutional treatment, aud the functions of the juvenile 

 court. Ca.ses that have come to the attention of the juvenile deparment of the 

 county court of AA'eld County are cited, especially in setting forth the means 

 adopted for giving medical attention, the psychological clinic conducted in con- 

 nection with the Colorado State Teachers' College, the field organization, and 

 the correlation of court and school.. 



The banker's part in marketing, G. Livingston {Banlcer-Farmer, 7 {1920). 

 No. 6, pp. 4-6, ftffs. 3). — The purpose of this article is to enlist the banker's in- 

 terest in certain basic studies and activities of the Bureau of Markets of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, especially those relating to standardization 

 of staple and perishable crops and of containers, the administration of the 

 United States Warehouse Act, the market news service, and the food products 

 inspection service, since these stabilize the basis of making loans and extending 

 credit to producers. 



The Market Reporter {U. S. Dept. Agr., Market Rptr., 1 {1920), Nos. 18, pp. 

 273-288; 19, pp. 289-304; 20, pp. 305-320, fig. 1; 21, pp. 321-336).— These num- 

 bers continue weekly and monthly summaries of the movement, marketing, 

 and prices of specified commodities, tabulated statistics with interpretative 

 text in regard to important classes of agricultural products, and foreign market 

 information. 



Leading articles appearing in No. 18 note briefly the acreage, production, and 

 prices of early tomatoes, and report an overstocked domestic market with 

 limited export demand for condensed milk. In No. 19 are presented a sum- 

 mary of the April meat trade and notes on the shipments and prices of early 

 strawberries in five years, 1916-1920, inclusive, and in No. 20, notes on the 

 hide shortage and leather prices with a comparison of the American and Ger- 

 man situations, together with an article on the oversupply of the British market 

 with Australian mutton. No. 21 includes special articles on the scarcity and 

 high prices of mill feeds, and the assistance rendei'ed live-stock shippers by 

 the Bureau of Markets of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and reports a 

 large supply of crimson clover seed. 



Monthly Crop Reporter .{U. S. Dept. Agr., Mo. Crop Rptr., 6 {1920), No. 5, 

 pp. 41~48> fi(J- !)• — This contains the usual estimates of acreage and production 



