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tbe war, and the activities of tlae govennnent, particularly of the Ministry of 

 Food, and the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in the control of consumption 

 and price of food, are also reviewed. Numerous charts and statistical tables are 

 included. 



Agricultural France and the war, C. Chaxj\'eau {La France Afiricole et la 

 Guerre. Paris: Baillure, vol. 1, 1916, pp. 302; vol. 2, 1918, pp. VII +322).— 

 In Volume 1 the author has included articles that were published in French 

 periodicals at intervals during 1916. relating principally to the assembling of 

 small and scattered holdings, but dealing also with syndical associations, long- 

 term agricultui'al credit, registry of the survey of lands, mechanical cultivation, 

 and forests and meadovviands of France and the French colonies. Volume 2 

 contains a digest of legislation relating to, and various legal phases of, the same 

 topics. 



Agricultural Serbia and her democracy, M. Zkbitch {La Serine Agricole et 

 Sa Democratie. Paris: Berger-LevrauU, 1917, pp. 8^). — A brief historical 

 sketch of land-holding systems and an account of educational, economic, and 

 social phases of Serbian agriculture. The author includes also discussions of 

 the effects of Turkish and Austrian occupation of the country, the form of gov- 

 ernment in Serbia, and the outlook for future development. 



Agriculture in early Latium, T. Feank {Amer. Econ. Rev., 9 {1919), No. 2, 

 pp. 267-276). — The author disciisses the evolution of the Roman Compagna and 

 tradition and history connected with it to show that in the sixth century it sup- 

 ported a dense population, enjoying a remarkable agricultural prosperity, before 

 the thin soil was worn out and eroded away and the region became an arid 

 waste. 



Monthly Crop Reporter {U. S. Dept. Ayr., Mo. Crop Rptr., 5 {1919), No. 6, 

 pp. 53-60). — This number shows the estimated farm value of important prod- 

 ucts for May 15 and June 1, the average prices received by producers of the 

 United States, range of prices of agi'icultural products at important markets, 

 the United States crop summary for .Tune, and estimated crop conditions June 

 1, 1919, with comparisons. It contains also a cotton report for May 25 and 

 various data regarding conditions of crops. It reports corn movement by 

 grades, wheat movement both by varieties and grades from November 1, 1917, 

 to July 14, 1918, and the pi-oportion of each important feed stuffs tl^ consumed 

 in each month. 



Montana, 1918 {Helena: Dept. Agr. and Puhlicity, 1918, pp. 2^5, figs. 130). — 

 This continues information previously noted (F. S. It.. 39, p. 796). 



Census of agricultural resources of New York, 1917-18 {Albany: 

 N. Y. State Food Com., 1919, pp. 69). — The results of the census of 1917, taken 

 by order of the New York State Food Supply Commission, and that of 1918, 

 taken by order of the New York State Food Commission, are published here. 

 The data were secured from blanks placed in the hands of teachers, county 

 agents, and others to be filled out. Enumerations of farm population, farm 

 labor, conveniences, machinery, and amount of fertilizer used, and informa- 

 tion relating to land in New Yoi'k and uses made of it, acreage and yields of 

 crops, and numbers of live stock are given. 



Annual statistical report of the New York Produce Exchange for the 

 year 1918 {Ann. Statis. Rpt. N. Y. Produce Ex., 1918, pp. 137).— This continues 

 information ])reviously noted (F. S. 11., .•?9, p. 690). 



Farmers' Market Bulletin {North Carolina Sta., Farmers' Market Bui, 6 

 {1919), No. 28, pp. 24, fig. 1). — This number contains the usual list of products 

 which North Carolina farmers have for sale, also a brief note on cooperative 

 live-stock marketing, by C. S. Jones. 



