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ing for nonraembers, capital involved and plan of purchase, arranging for the 

 thrashing help and settling the difference in the labor furnished, and others 

 are discussed, and ring regulations drawn up to embody the main features in 

 cooperative agreements are submitted as a guide. 



In the discussion of the question of ring ownership and management of the 

 thrashing outfit as against ring hiring, the author points out that 75 per cent 

 of the replies indicated no objection to the ownership of the rigs. He illus- 

 trates the economic and financial possibilities of ring ownership with examples 

 of a large, medium-sized, and three small rings. From these reports it is con- 

 cluded that a rig under favorable conditions can pay for Itself within 5 years, 

 that it will give good service for from 10 to 15 years, that in several cases 20 to 

 25 per cent dividends have been declared, and that where an outfit can thrash 

 at least 800 acres of grain, the financial return can be much greater than for a 

 smaller outfit. 



Agricultural cooperative enterprises in Canada {Mo. Rev., U. S. Bur. Labor 

 Statis., 9 {1019), No. 2, pp. 127-129).— This is a brief summary taken from a 

 statement, dated Alberta, April 15, 1919, by the United States Consul at Calgary, 

 of the agricultural cooperative organizations in Canada considered in two 

 classes, commercial and educational. 



The report of the Agricultural Organization Society for the year ended 

 March 31, 1917 {Rpt. Agr. Organ. Soc. [London}, 1917, pp. VIII+64, pls. 2).— 

 The work of the Food Production Department of this organization, its coopera- 

 tion with the Ministry of Munitions, the work of trading, credit, insurance, and 

 small holdings and allotments societies, the Women's Institutes Movement, and 

 other details are reported on. 



[Handling cotton under the United States Warehouse Act], R. L. Newton 

 and J. M. Workman (17. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1918, pp. 416-432, figs. 4).— 

 Suggestions to warehousemen for facilitating weighing, classifying, and condi- 

 tioning cotton, devices for handling, and methods of insuring cotton in ware- 

 houses with a short-rate table showing percentage of average premium for 

 1-year policies earned in varying periods of days are given. The forms avail- 

 able in a system of accounts outlined by the Department (E. S. R. 37, p. 594) 

 are listed, and the details of the issuance of licenses under the terms of the 

 U. S. Warehouse Act, and regulations covering receipts are discussed. 



Report of division of markets and rural organization, W. R. Camp {North 

 Carolina Sta. Rpt. 1918, pp. 60-71). — This report covers investigations of cotton 

 prices and cotton grading, surveys of the supply and methods of marketing hogs, 

 needs of farmers for new marketing and credit facilities, and others ; also the 

 organization of marketing and credit unions and other service work of the divi- 

 sion in the way of grading cotton, assisting in cooperative marketing, supplying 

 market news, etc. 



Following the produce markets, G. B. Fiske {U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 

 1918, pp. 277-288, figs. 2). — The advantages to growers and shippers of crop 

 forecasts, market news, and reports of weather conditions are set forth, and 

 the Government services for reporting these matters and inspecting produce on 

 arrival are described. Figures illustrate the extent of the leased wire system 

 of the Bureau of Markets and the location of the 32 branch offices at market 

 centers maintained by the market news service on fruits and vegetables during 

 the 1918-19 shipping season, and the 91 temporary farmers' service offices at 

 shipping points, the latter accompanied by a list giving tl;ie State, station, and 

 crops reported. 



Monthly Crop Reporter {U. 8. Dept. Agr., Mo. Crop Rpt., 5 {1919), No. S, pp. 

 73-84, fig. 1). — Statistics and notes are presented showing the estimated farm 



