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[Agriculture in Alaska] (In Alaska, "Our Frontier Wonderland," 1919. 

 Seattle, Wash.: Alaska Bur., Seattle Chamber Com. and Com. Club, 1919, 7 

 ed., rev., pp. 73-90, figs. 12). — This section of tliis pamphlet desci-ibes the grain 

 crops and grasses, vegetables, wild and cultivated fruits, wild flowers, forests, 

 and live stock in Alaska and offers information and suggestions to home- 

 steaders. 



Statistical report of the California State Board of Agriculture for the year 

 1918 (Statis. Rpt. Cal. Bd. Agr., 1918, pp. XXn+477, pis. i//).— Detailed statis- 

 tics relating to population, public lauds, fruits, farm crops, live stock, irrigation 

 projects, and the value of crops and lands are continued for 1918. 



Agricultural statistics of Cana.da {Canada Census Indus., 1917, pt. 1, pp. 

 XIV-i-^7-\-XIII, figs. Jf). — In these tables are assembled the actual agricultural 

 statistics collected in four agricultural Provinces, and the annual estimate for 

 the Dominion as a whole, relating to field crops, prices of agi'icultural products, 

 wages of farm help, farm live stock, and agricultural exports and imports, to- 

 gether with comparative figures for previous years and data selected from agri- 

 cultural statistics of other countries. 



[Field crop and live stock report of Canada for 1917], J. H. Geisdale {Can- 

 ada Expt. Farms Rpt. 1918, pp. 5-7).— Data previously noted (E. S. R., 40, p. 

 792) are continued. According to this report the total value of Canada's field 

 crops for the year was $],144,G3G,4.56. an increase of more than a quarter of a 

 million dollars over the figures for 1916. 



Summary of the present condition of agriculture in Chile, F. R. Huneexts 

 {Resena Sumaria del Estado Actual de la Agricidtura en Chile. Santiago de 

 Chile: Min. Indus, y Obras Pub., Dir. Gen. Serv. Agr., 1919, pp. 48, pi. 1). — The 

 character of the country is described by regions, and information relating to 

 areas sown to different crops, fertilizer resources, extent of irrigation, use of 

 agricultural machinery, notes on the cultivation and yield of each of the princi- 

 pal crops, the number and classes of live stock, etc., are given. 



[Agricultural statistics of Chile] {Statis. Abs. Chile, 1918, pp. 76-91).— 

 Data pi-eviously noted (E. S. II., 38, p. 49."3) are continued for the year 1917. 



[Agricultural statistics of Colombia] {An Estadis. iColombia], 1915, pp. 

 121-176). — These pages show the acreage, production, and value of the principal 

 crops for the year 1915 by departments with summaries, also the number and 

 classes of animals. 



General abstracts showing the acreage under crops and the numbers and 

 descriptions of live stock in each county and province, 1916—1918 {Dept. 

 Agr. and Tech. Instr. Ireland, Agr. Statis. 1918, pp. 37). — Information previously 

 noted (E. S, R., 34, p. 291) is continued fur 191G, 1917, and 1918. 



Acreage and live stock returns of Scotland, with, a summary for the 

 United Kingdom {Agr. Statis. Scotland, 6 {1917), pt. 1, pp. 53). — This annual 

 report continues inlVu-mation previously noted (E. S. R., 40, p. 194). 



[Agriculture in Norway] {Statis. Aarbok Konger. Norge, 38 (1918), pp. 25- 

 87). — These pages continue data under the same plan as previously (E. S. R., 

 39, p. 890). 



[Agriculture and live stock in Sweden] {Sreriges Off. Statis., Jordbr. och 

 Boskapsskotsel, 1915, pp. V III +157). — This annual report contiimes informa- 

 tion previcmsly noted for 1914 (E S. R., 37, p. 191). 



Finland's farms and fann life, T. Haynes {U. S. Dept. Com., Com. Rpts., No. 

 167 {1919), pp. 378-383) .—The author reviews briefly some primitive aspects of 

 farm life in Finland, matters of land holding, private initiative and Govern- 

 ment aid, and the establishment of agricultural schools, etc., and gives some 

 statistics for the crops of recent years and the development of the butter- 

 making industry. 



