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decade; and to rely upon diita from selected farms for most information re- 

 garding values. 



[The manufacturing industry and its relation to agriculture] {Tfiirtccnth 

 Census U. S., 10 iJ9J0), pp. Sl!)-/,S/f, /,6!)-50S, 573-585, 677-60/,, figs, /g).— This 

 volume of the census contains data for 1860-]909 showing the number of es- 

 fablishments, persons engaged in the industry, primary horse power, capital, 

 eK[)enses, values of products, and value added by manufacturing, materials 

 used, and products manufactured for the following industries: Agricultural 

 i^nplements, butter, cheese, and condensed milk, canning and preserving, flour 

 mill and gristmill, glucose and starch, rice cleaning and poli.shing, sugar, 

 Imnber, fertilizers, turpentine, and rosin. 



The agricultural implement industry {Thirteenth (Jcnsus U. 8., 10 {1010), 

 pp. rill-SJO). — According to the census returns between 1SS0 and 1009 the 

 number of establishments manufacturing agricultural implements decreased 

 fiom 910 to 040. but the number of wage earners increased from 38.827 to 

 50,551, the horse power used from 50.:^95 to 100.001. and the value of products 

 from $81,271,051 to $140,329,208. Among the statistical tables shown is one 

 giving the number of principal kinds of implements manufactured in 1899, 1904. 

 and 1909. 



The Oregon farmer {Portland, Oreg., 1013, pp. 136, figs. 10. pi. 7).— This 

 hook, prepared by the Oregon State Immigration Commission, contains a series 

 of articles relating to agriculture in Oregon, based partially upon original in- 

 quiries and partially upon other official records, and describes the live stock, 

 dairy, and poultry industries, soil, climate, fruit and farm crops, farm finance, 

 and rural life of the State. 



[Brazil's trade in agricultural products], P. de Tolkdo (Introdnc. Rclat. 

 Min. Agr.. Indus., e Com., Brazil, 1913, pp. X(7//).— This report gives statistics 

 relating to immigration and the principal agricultural products imported ami 

 exported. 



Statistics of the production of cereals and legumes {Estadistica de la 

 Vroduccidn de Cereales y Leguminosas. Madrid: Junta Consult. Agron., 1913, 

 pp. [28]). — This report contains data relating to the area and production of 

 cereals and legumes by regions and provinces of Spain for 1913. and by regions 

 only for 1909 to 1913. 



I Agricultural and pastoral statistics for Queensland], T. Shackkl {Ann. 

 Rpt. Dept. Agr. and Stock [Queensland], 1912-13, pp. 126-18/,, pis. 15).— Data 

 are given relating to the principal classes of live stock and the areas and pro- 

 duction of the principal crops for 1903 to 1912. and to dairy i)roducts for 1908 

 to 1912. 



British rural life and labor, F. G. Heath {London, 1911, pp. XI-\-3J8, fig. 

 1). — The author discusses the general system of labor; extras, piece work, and 

 allowances in kind; and earnings, food, and migration of agricultural laborers 

 in England. Wales. Scotland, and Ireland. Tables are included showing the 

 earnings and the quantity and value of the food consumed and describes some 

 typical conditions. 



Report on the decline in the agricultural population of Great Britain, 

 1881-1906, R. H. Hew {Bd. Agr. and Fislicries [London], Rpt. Decline in Agr. 

 Pop. Gr. Brit., 1881-1906, pp. l/,3, pi. 1, figs. 2).— This report contains abstracts 

 from the replies of 248 agricultural correspondents regarding the changes that 

 have taken place in the agricultural population since 1901, the causes of the 

 decline in agricultural population, and the extent to which changes in the sys- 

 tems of farming have affected the demand for laborers. Statistical tables are 

 included for 1881. 1891, and 1901, showing by counties the number of the various 

 types of agricultural workers, the area of arable land and permanent [)asture 



