1919] BUEAL ECONOMICS. 91 



The cost of producing- Minnesota field crops, 1913—1917, F. W. Peck {Min- 

 nesota Sta. Bui. 179 (1918), pp. ^2, figs. 4)- — This study follows the plan of one 

 previously noted (E. S. R., 32, p. GS8). 



Among the principfil results noted are that the average monthly cost of board 

 for the period 1913-1917 at Halstad amounted to $14.9G and at Cokato to $16.02. 

 The average wage rate per hour for labor hired by the month for 1913-1917 for 

 the seven crop months (April to October) was 15.3 cts. at Halstad and 15.7 cts. 

 at Cokato. This was an increase of 12 per cent over the previous 5-year period. 

 The cost of labor was 21 per cent higher in 1917 than in 1912. 



The 5-year average annual cost of maintaining a farm work horse at Halstad 

 was $110.50 and at Cokato $113.36. In 1917 the cost was $151.56 at Halstad and 

 $128 at Cokato. The average cost per hour was slightly more than 11 cts. in 

 each locality. In 1917 the rate per hour was 17 cts. at Halstad and 13.6 cts. at 

 Cokato. For the period 1913-1917 the average annual depreciation of machinery 

 was 7.3 per cent for all machines. 



By comparing the cost per acre for the 5-year period 1908-1912 with the cost 

 during 1913-1917, it was found that there was an increase in cost of the princi- 

 pal crops, as follows : Wheat 40 per cent, oats 28, barley 31, corn 25, silage 16, 

 tame hay 49, wild hay 19, and clover seed 15. 



The report contains a' number of statistical tables showing complete details. 



Live stock and other factors for profitable farming in northern Kentucky, 

 J. B. HuTSON {Kentucky Sta. Circ. 21 {1918), pp. 6-20). — Conclusions arrived 

 at from a farm management study of SO representative farms in Kenton County, 

 Ky., in the summer of 1917, are set forth here. The average farmer's earnings 

 for the 80 farms was $871, and for the most profitable 10 farms, $1,866. 

 Comparisons are made between the averages for the 80 farms and for the most 

 profitable 10 farms, in actual values and on a percentage basis, in matters of 

 amount of live stock kept, production per cow (in pounds of milk), crop yields, 

 and size of business. 



Studies are also made of the relation of the above factors to the farmer's 

 earnings, and it is shown that the quality and quantity of live stock kept and the 

 size of the business very materially affect the income. 



Report of the State Land Settlement Board of the State of California, E. 

 Mead et al. {Rpt. State Land Settlement Bd. Cal., 191S, pp. 30, j)ls. 2). — The 

 conuuission appointed to administer the State land settlement act makes its 

 first report of operations and expenditures. 



Sug-gestions to the settler in California, T. F. Hunt et al. {California Sta. 

 Circ. 210 {1919), pp. 80, figs. 9). — This circular contains statistics of the aver- 

 age, probable, and possible yields of important California crops, also general in- 

 formation regarding capital, land settlement, selection, and organization of 

 farms, need of water, soil characteristics, marketing advantages, climate, and 

 other features. It is similar to one previously noted (E. S. R., 32, p. 193). 



Brief articles by specialists on the staff of the College of Agriculture on the 

 production of certain typical crops and of meat, dairy products, poultry, and 

 bees are included. 



Experiences of northern Minnesota settlers, F. W. Peck {Minnesota Sta. 

 Bui. 180 {1918), pp. Jf3. Jigs. 10). — This bulletin is based on information gained 

 by forest rangers from testhnony of personal experience of settlers in northern 

 Minnesota. One hundred forty-one records were taken and tabulated under 

 the direction of the division of agi-onomy and farm management. The crop 

 seasons reported on are those for 1914, 1915, 1916, and a few for 1917. 



Part 1 includes a tal)ulation of detailed information, by counties, and number 

 of farms surveyed, of township and range areas covered in each county, general 



