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value of Important products July 15 and August 1, average prices received by 

 producers, and range of prices of agricultural products at Important markets, 

 the United States crop summary for August 1, estimated crop conditions with 

 comparisons, a general review of various crops and combined conditions of crops 

 by States, and the cotton condition for July 25 with comparisons. The number 

 also contains data as to farm prices of horses during the last decade, the causes 

 and extent of cotton damage, riding plows used by cotton growers, the dispo- 

 sition of feed crops on farms, war-time wheat prices, condition and forecast for 

 1919 for beans, hops, grain sorghums, and broom corn, the area of wheat and 

 rye for 1919 compared with 1918, exports of meats and breadstuffs, and miscel- 

 laneous notes. 



AGRICTJLTTJRAL EDTJCATION. 



The report of the conference at the New York State Veterinary College 

 during the semicentennial celebration of Cornell University, June, 1919 

 (Cornell Univ., Of}. Pubs., 10 (1919), No. D, pp. S9+IV, figs. 37).— This pubUca- 

 tion contains the following papers presented at this conference : Half Century of 

 Veterinary Medicine in Cornell University, by J. Law ; Doctor James Law : A 

 Biography, by S. H. Gage; The Establishment and Growth of the New York 

 State Veterinary College, by G. S. Hopkins ; The Problems and the Opportunities 

 of the Veterinarian, by W. L. Williams ; The Relation of the Veterinary College 

 to the State, by V. A. Moore ; The Administration of the College and Its Needs, 

 by F. H. Miller ; and Buildings and Equipment, by H. J. Milks. 



Agricultural education and promotion, F. R. Hunekus (Santiago de Chile: 

 Min. Indus, y Obras Pub., Dir. Gen. Serv. Agr., 1919, pp. It0-Jt8, pis. 2). — This is 

 a summarized statement of the present organization of agricultural education 

 and research in Chile. 



The first step in agricultural education in Chile was the creation in 1851 of a 

 practical school of agriculture under the auspices of the National Society of 

 Agriculture. This school was discontinued, but in 1870 was reestablished in the 

 Agricultural Normal School of Santiago (Quinta Normal de Agrlcultura) and 

 still exists. The creation of a minlsti-y of agriculture has been under considera- 

 tion by the Chilean Congress for some time. In the meantime the Direction 

 General of Agricultural Services has for five years undertaken the promotion of 

 agricultural education and research in Chile. 



OfB.cers' agricultural training scheme: Residential training with selected 

 farmers, H. E. Da^e (Jour. Bd. Agr. [London^, 26 (1919), No. 3, pp. S29-SS2).— 

 The text is given of a circular letter addressed by the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries to county agricultural executive committees on May 14, 1919, explaining 

 various points in connection with the administration of the scheme for the 

 residential training of officers with selected farmers during the period of about 

 three months that it has been in effective operation. The points covered include 

 the training for candidates with no capital or Insufficient capital to start 

 farming, candidates proposing to go abroad on the completion of their training, 

 candidates training with near relatives, candidates who have started training 

 on their own account with a farmer before any grant was made, etc. A brief 

 statement of general progress is made. 



Employment of the agricultural instruction grant to assist school agricul- 

 ture (Agr. Oaz. Canada, 6 (1919), No. 7, pp. 682-685),— Particulars are given 

 with reference to the amounts allotted from the Agricultural Instruction Act for 

 school agriculture, and the purposes for which they are employed in the Provinces 

 of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Manitoba. 



