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addresses by E. Davenport (E. S. K., 39, p. 703), K. L. Butterfiekl, and E. D. 

 Sanderson before llie American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Ex- 

 periment Stations, and the report of community council work during the 

 period of demobilization and readjustment and the permanent organization of 

 communities. 



Report of conferences of national organizations engaged in rural social 

 work {Rpt. Conf. Nat. Organ. Rural Soc. Work [Nat. Coimtrij Life Assoc], 

 1919, pp. 16). — The conferences held at Washington, D. C, March 14 and April 

 10, 1919, in accordance with a resolution adopted by the conference noted above, 

 outline social needs of rural communities and means of meeting them, with 

 the presupposed economic and political bases, and report a plan of organization 

 for practical application of principles involved. 



First rural life conference of the Rural Welfare League of Texas {Bui. 

 Ayr. and Mccli. Col. Tc.r., 3. ser., 5 (1918), No. 7, pp. 76). — Lectures on several 

 phases of rural church problems and land tenure and marketing of farm prod- 

 ucts are published in the report of this conference. 



Summaries of evidence taken before tlie Agricultural Policy Subcommittee 

 appointed in August, 1916, to consider and report upon the methods of 

 effecting an increase in the home-grown food supplies, having regard to the 

 need of such increase in the interests of national security {ilin. Reconstr. 

 IGt. Brit.], Reconstr. Committee, Agr. Policy Subcommittee, Summaries Evi- 

 dence, 1918, pp. IV-\-129, pis. 2). — Evidence heard in the preparation of the re- 

 port discussetl editorially (E. S. R., 39, p. 402) is here summarized. 



Rural community life in the Haute Marne, E. G. Bishop {Studies Sociol. 

 [Univ. South. Cat.], 3 {1919), No. 4, PP- S).— This gives an account of village life, 

 industries, and methods of agriculture as the author found them in the remote 

 sections of France in 1918. 



Agricultural organizations in Spain, C. L. .Jones {U. S. Dept. Com., Com. 

 Rpts., No. 154 {1919), pp. 26-34). — This article reviews briefly efforts to encour- 

 age the agriculture of Spain by organization and education. It covers the his- 

 tory and functions of chambers of agriculture, farmers' communities, agricul- 

 tural syndicates, rural treasuries, and various important unofficial and unique 

 federations. Several flourishing local Catholic agrarian federations and the 

 Association of Spanish Agriculturists are noted. 



The agricultural festival in Moncloa {Inform. Agr. [Madrid], 9 {1919), No. 

 196, pp. 217-220). — In this report of a congress held under the direction of the 

 Association of Spanish Agriculturists and the National Catholic Agrarian Fed- 

 eration, there are summarized several addresses on the promotion of Spanish 

 agriculture. The recommendations offered by these two organizations relating 

 to legislation, marketing, credit facilities, and cooperation, and by the General 

 Association of Stockmen of the Kingdom regarding production and marketing 

 of live stork and live-stock products are published. 



The twenty-first annual report of the Director of the Sv/iss Union of 

 Peasants, 1918 {Pubs. Sec. Paysans Suisses No. 58 {1919), pp. 10-55).— In these 

 pages of this report are outlined certain projects and investigations of an eco- 

 nomic character for alleviating the shortage of agricultural products in 

 Switzerland. 



Report of the committee of Section IV of the Advisory Council on the em- 

 ployment on the land of returned sailors and soldiers {Afin. Reconstr. [Gt. 

 Brit.], Rpt. Committee Sect. IV Advisory Council, [1918], pp. 39). — The recom- 

 mendations of this committee cover questions of housing, the acquisition of 

 land, small holdings, training, wages and employment, the case of disabled 

 men, trade organization, village life, and voluntary effort and private enter- 

 prise, often reiterating and supporting those included in the Agricultural Policy 



