494 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



of the principal farm crops for 5 year periods beginning with 1877 and ending 

 with 1912. The number of live stock for various years beginninj? with 1850 is 

 shown by statistical tables. Statistics are also given showing the production 

 of beer, wine, sugar, and tobacco. 



Agricultural statistics of Prussia (Preuss. Statis., 1911, No. 230, pp. LII-^- 

 26). — Data are given showing the area and production of the principal farm 

 crops by Provinces for each year from 1900 to 1911, inclusive. 



[Live stock in Germany] {Internat. Inst. Agr. [Romel Bui. Agr. and Com. 

 Statis., 5 (1914), No. 1, p. 9).— In 1912 the number of horses was 4.523,059; 

 cattle 20,182,021, of which 10.944,283 were cows and heifers; sheep 5,803,445; 

 swine 21,923.707; goats 3,410,396; and poultry of all kinds 82,702.030. 



[Live stock statistics in the Union of South Africa] (Internat. Inst. Agr. 

 [Rom€'\, Bui. Agr. Statis., 4 {1913), No. 12, p. ^35).— Between 1904 and 1911 the 

 number of cattle increased from 3,500,453 to 5,796,949 ; horses from 449.539 to 

 719,414; asses from 141,930 to 336,710; sheep from 16,322,503 to 30,656,659; 

 goats from 9,770,545 to 11,762,979 ; and swine from 679,084 to 1,081,600. Mules 

 decreased from 134,734 to 93,931. 



AGRICULTUBAL EDTJCATIOIT. 



Report of the department of agriculture of Sweden, 1911 {E. Landfbr. 

 Siyr. [Sweden'] Underddniga Ber. 1911, pp. [F/]+5^0+/Z). — This report con- 

 tains the usual accounts of the various agencies for the promotion of Swedish 

 agriculture, including reports of Ihe work of agricultural, horticultural, dairy, 

 and housekeeping schools, and the dairy, chemical, and seed control stations. 



Government aid to agriculture in the Netherlands, 1913 (Intervention du 

 Gouvt. en faveur de VAgriculture dans les Pays-Bas. The Hague: Dir. Agr., 

 1913, pp. 171, figs. 42). — ^A detailed account is given of the organization of the 

 Direction of Agriculture of the Department of Agriculture, Industry, and 

 Commerce, and of government measures for the encouragement of agriculture 

 in general and in special fields, including the agricultural education institutions 

 and courses of all grades, and agricultural experiment stations, fields, and 

 gardens. 



Agricultural education (Ensino Agronomieo. Rio de Janeiro: Min. Agr., 

 Indus, e Com., 1911, pp. 87). — The text is given of a decree of October 20, 1910, 

 together with regulations, establishing a system of agricultural education in 

 Brazil, to include instruction in agriculture, veterinary medicine, zootechny, 

 and rural industries. The agricultural instruction comprises the following: 

 Higher instruction to be given in a higher school of agriculture and veterinary 

 medicine in the federal district in a 4-year course, secondary or theoretical- 

 practical schools of agriculture with 3-year courses, practical schools of agri- 

 culture with 3-year courses, agricultural apprentice schools with 2-year courses, 

 elementary agricultural instruction, special schools of agriculture, agricultural 

 home economics schools, special short courses, itinerant agricultural courses, 

 and agricultural conferences and lectures. This instruction is supplemented by 

 experiment stations, experiment and demonstration fields, experiment farms, 

 stations for testing agricultural machinery, and zootechnical and meteorological 

 stations. The object, organization, and equipment of these are outlined. 



Horticultural training (Garten fiora, 62 (1913), Nos. 16, pp. 349-354; 17, pp. 

 373-383; 19, pp. 4^3-422) .—These articles include (1) an address by Dr. H. 

 Thiel dealing with general considerations in the organization of instruction in 

 horticultural institutions, (2) an address by H. R. Jung on Horticultural Ap- 

 prentice and Continuation Instruction, and (3) a discussion of these subjects 

 by leading horticulturists at the second German Horticultural Day in Breslau 

 in July, 1913. 



