392 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The following table shows the average yields and per capita consumption as 

 given by the author : 



Average yields and per capita consumption of wheat for countries named. 



Country, 



Austria-Hungary , 



France 



Germany 



India 



Italy 



Russia 



United Kingdom. 

 United States 



Yield per acre. 



Per capita consumption. 



1881-1890. 1891-1900. 1901-1910. 1881-1890. 1891-1900. 1901-1910, 



Bushels. 

 18 

 20 

 29 

 11 

 13 

 10 

 32 

 14 



Bushels. 

 3.5 

 8.2 

 2.3 

 .7 

 4.3 

 01.5 

 6.0 

 4.5 



Bushels. 

 3.9 

 8.1 

 2.9 

 .6 

 4.1 

 1.7 

 5.9 

 4.6 



Bushels. 

 4.2 

 7.8 

 3.1 

 .7 

 5.5 

 2.4 

 6.0 

 5.6 



The agricultural outlook ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 563, pp. 36, fig. 1). — 

 Notes and tables are given showing estimates of crop yields per acre, prices of 

 staple crops, prices of meat animals, and average and total yield of all crops 

 combined by States, with comparisons. A decrease of about 13.1 per cent in 

 crop yields per acre is estimated as compared with last year, or about 6.3 per 

 cent as compared with the estimated average yields of the last 10 years. 



Statistics of agriculture in Hussia, P. von Boetticheb {Ztschr. AgrarpoUtik, 

 11 {1913), No. 12, pp. 414-42I). — ^A detailed statement is given as to the origin 

 of the Central Statistical Committee and the contents of the various statistical 

 reiwrts relating to agriculture issued since 1881. 



Agricultural workers in Denmark (Statis. Aaroog Danmark, 18 {1913), pp. 

 26-29). — Statistical tables are given showing for 1911 the number actively 

 engaged (soutiens) for all occupations and for agriculture, and the number 

 dependent upon the workers (soutiens), i. e., the nonworkers (nourris) and the 

 domestic servants. 



The number of farms in Denmark {Stati-s. Aarhog Danmark, 18 {1913), p. 

 S6). — The number and area of farms by sizes for 1873. 1885, 1895, and 1905 

 are given in the form of a statistical table. 



The uses of land in Denmark {Statis. Aarho^ Danmark, 18 {1913), pp. 42- 

 52). — By statistical tables are shown the areas for practically all the crops 

 grown and the production of the principal crops for 1912. The number of the 

 various kinds of live stock and poultry are shown for 1909 by geographical 

 divisions and by sizes of farms. Additional statistics are given showing the 

 average annual production of milk per cow and its fat content. 



Agricultural statistics of British India {Statis. Ahs. Brit. India, 47 1903- 

 1912), pp. 124-134). — Statistical data are given showing the areas under the 

 principal crops for 1902-3 to 1911-12 for British India as a whole, with sup- 

 plementary data for 1911-12 for the individual administrations. Data are 

 also given regarding cooperative credit societies and rainfall. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



The -work of the rural school, J. D. Eggleston and R. W. Bruere {Neio 

 York and London, 1913, pp. IX +287, pis. i.^).— This book deals with such sub- 

 jects as buildings, grounds, sanitation, the centralization of high schools, trans- 

 portation, plans of instruction, agriculture, amusements, etc. It considers the 



