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It is shown that deferments, as necessary workers, of men engaged in agri- 

 culture were 7.19 per cent of those classified as compared with 1.96 per cent 

 of industrial workers. A comparison of rural and urban physical rejections 

 shows 21.68 per cent of those examined rejected in urban regions as against 

 16.89 per cent rejected in rural regions. This, and data in one of tha 

 appendixes giving a percentage comparison of rejections by disqualifying de- 

 fects for eight urban and eight rural districts covering 45,000 rejects, nearly 

 equally divided between city and country, indicate the physical advantage of 

 the boy reared in the country. 



Maternity and infant care in two rural counties in Wisconsin, F. B. Sheb- 

 BON and E. RIoore (U. S. Dcpt. Labor, Children's Bur. Pub. 46 (1919), pp. 92, 

 pis. 11). — This report describes economic and social conditions and topography 

 and types of farming in two counties in which surveys of a limited number of 

 townships were made covering two main topics : The conditions affecting the 

 liealth of the childbearing mother and the care — especially the feeding — and 

 survival of the babies. The report is based upon information concerning 614 

 families who live in these selected districts, 453 in the northern and 161 in 

 the southern county. 



It was found that the infant mortality rate in the northern county was 

 low compared to the average for the United States birth registration area. 

 The stillbirth rate was somewhat higher than the rates found for six of the 

 eight cities in which infant mortality studies have been made, and the death 

 rate of mothers from causes connected with childbirtli was high. Many 

 births were attended by midwives in certain sections of this territory ; a pro; 

 portion as high as four-fifths was found in one of the Polish settlements. 



In the southern county the infant mortality rate was higher than in the 

 northern county, but the stillbirth rate was lower. Only one mother had 

 died at childbirth. Practically all the births were attended by physicians. 



In neither district were the housewives on the farms obliged to provide for 

 large crews of hired men at any special season. Birth registration proved to 

 be defective in both districts, especially the northern. 



Monthly Crop Beporter {U. 8. Dept. Agr., Mo. Crop Rptr., 5 {1919), No. 9, pp. 

 85-96, fig. 1). — In this are presented the usual data relating to estimated farm 

 value of important products August 15 and September 1 ; average prices re- 

 ceived by producers in the United States, and the range of prices of agri- 

 cultural products at important markets; the United States crop summary for 

 September 1 ; statistics on the condition and forecast on September 1, with 

 comparisons, of corn, spring wheat, oats, barley, potatoes, sweet potatoes, 

 tobacco, rice, wild and tame hay, clover for seed, timothy, alfalfa, millet, 

 pasture, buckwheat, flaxseed, apples, peaches, pears, grapes, watermelons, can- 

 taloups, sorghum for sirup, sugar beets, peanuts, beans, grain sorghum, broom 

 corn, field peas, tomatoes, cabbage, onions, hops, and cranberries ; also de- 

 tailed estimates of the acreage of commercial cabbage, 1919, with comparisons, 

 and of beans by varieties, the total number of stock hogs in the United States 

 September 1, 1919 and 1918, honeybees and honey plants, the production of 

 wool, with comparisons, commercial acreage harvested and total production 

 of late onions, 1918, and of acreage planted, 1919; a cotton report for August 

 25; and reports of pecan conditions September 1, and numbers of live stock 

 and live-stock changes. Index numbers of crops and live-stock prices are 

 given; combined monthly receipts of hogs since January, 1914, at twelve im- 

 portant markets are tabulated; and various data relating to crop conditions, 

 with an illustration of composite crop conditions of all crops, and miscellaneous 

 special articles are included. 



