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and the average weekly range of prices of agricultural products at the prin- 

 cipal markets, are also given. 



The agricultural industry in its relation to other industries, G. S. P^bez 

 (In Primera Semana Social Agricola. Santiago de Chile: Universidad Catdlica 

 de Santiago, 1914, PP- 294-S04). — The author discusses the relative importance 

 of agricultural products in the foreign trade and in the manufacturing industries 

 of Chile. 



Exportation of agricultural products, E. Cakkasco (In Primera Semana 

 Social Agricola. Santiago de Chile: Universidad Catolica de Santiago, 191^, pp. 

 261-293). — The author describes briefly the agricultural possibilities of Chile, 

 suggests the formation of agricultural colonies by the introduction of European 

 immigrants, the improvement of the system of agricultural instruction, and -the 

 appointment of commercial agents to determine the best methods for preparing 

 the farm products for market. 



Prices and supplies of corn, live stock, and other agricultural produce in 

 England and Wales (Bd. Agr. and Fisheries [London], Agr. Statis., 49 {1914), 

 No. 3, pp. 186-273). — This bulletin continues data previously noted (E. S. R., 

 31, p. 790), adding statistics for 1914. 



Production and consumption of products of state-controlled industries in 

 Denmark, 1913, 1914 (Danmarks Statis. Meddel., 4- ser., 45 {1915), Nos. 1, pp. 

 31; 6, pp. 32). — These reports contain data showing for alcohol, beer, sugar, 

 margarin, and cigars the quantity produced, materials used in production, home 

 consumption, and foreign trade for 1913 and 1914. 



Agricultural statistics of India, 1912-13 {Agr. Statis. India, 29 {1912-13), 

 I, pp. IX -{-415, pis. 4)- — This annual report gives statistical data regarding the 

 area cultivated and uncultivated, area under irrigation and under different 

 crops, and number of live stock, plows, and carts, by districts, for the crop years 

 1908-9 to 1912-13. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Technical education in tropical agriculture {Proc. Internat. Cong. Trop. 

 Agr., 3 {1914), pp. 40-51, 62-70). — These proceedings include a discussion by 

 W. R. Dunstan of the proposed Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture 

 (E. S. R., 32, p. 100) ; and brief abstracts of papers presented at this congress 

 on Technical Education in Tropical Agriculture, by G. C. Dudgeon ; The Study 

 of Colonial Agriculture in Italy, by G. B. Gioli ; The Necessity of Establishing 

 a British Agricultural College in the Western Hemisphei'e, by H. H. Smith ; 

 Agricultural Education and Its Adjustment to the Needs of the Students, by 

 F. Watts ; and Elementary Agricultural Schools for Natives in the Belgian 

 Congo, by E. Leplae. A discussion follows. 



•Agricultural instruction in schools {Agr. Gas. Canada, 2 {1915), No. 10, 

 pp. 1002-1006). — Brief reports are given on the status of agricultural instruc- 

 tion in the secondary schools of Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and 

 Alberta. 



On the reform of the final examinations of the intermediate agricultural 

 schools (Mittelschulen), F. SitenskIt {Land u. Forstw. TJnterrichts Ztg., 29 

 {1915), No. 1-2, pp. 1-8). — The author advocates a reform of the final exami- 

 nations in intermediate agricultural schools in Austria so that they will be 

 not merely memory tests but rather opportunities for candidates to demonstrate 

 their ability to think and calculate practically and independently. Present 

 regulations require students to be examined orally and in writing in plant 

 and animal production, agricultural machinery and implements, and farm 



