792 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



}ind the number of cattle aud sheep, and for 1885, 1895, and 1905 the number 

 of agricultural holdings. 



General outline of the new Russian land reforms (Internat. Inst. Agr. 

 [Romeh Mo. Bui. Econ. and Sac. Intel., 4 (WIS), No. 2, pp. 119-134, pL 1; 5 

 (1914), No. 1, pp. 132-160, pi. 1). — This article outlines the history of the land 

 reform movement beginning with 1861, the work of the land commissions 

 aypointed under the law of 1906, the extent of the readjustment of peasant 

 holdings, and the influence of the Peasants" Land Bank, in financing the 

 movement. An extensive bibliography is included. 



The national forward-to-the-land leag-ue ([Boston, Mass., 1913], pp. 1-3).— 

 According to this report the purpose of this league is to enlist public-spirited 

 capitalists in investing in agricultural land contiguous to their own city at a 

 low rate of interest and to equip it for occupancy to relieve the congestion in 

 the great cities. It also aims to educate those placed on the land in intensive 

 cultivation methods. 



Agricultural credit. — Land mortg-age or long-term credit ( U. S. Senate, 63. 

 Cong., 2. 8ess., Doc. 380 (1914), pp. 73). — This document contains a description 

 and analysis of long-term credit as found in European countries with modifica- 

 tions deemed necessary to meet conditions in the United States. It also contains 

 an interpretation of the legislation suggested and a statement of the considera- 

 tions which have influenced the United States Commission on Rural Credits in 

 submitting a bill for a national farm land bank system which is appended. 



The agricultural credit in the kingdom of Bohemia, A. Blazek (Prague, 

 1913, pp. S, pi. 1). — From a study of the history and present condition of agri- 

 cultural credit in Bohemia the author concludes that in the future there should 

 be a closer organization through the union of the Raiffeisen cooperations, the 

 dii^trict farmers' loaning banks, and the Mortgage Bank, 



The land credit question in German East Africa, Rhode (Verhandl. Eolon. 

 Wirtschaftl. Kom., No. 1 (1913), pp. 39-47). ^Th\s article describes the organi- 

 zation of the Southwest African Land Credit Association and its relation to the 

 agricultural development of the colony, and contains comments by Hupfeld and 

 Schwa rze. 



The need of community cooperation in crop production and marketing, 

 H. L. BoLLEY (N. Dak. Farmer, 15 (1914), No. 8, pp. .^-7).— The author con- 

 cludes that the farmers in certain large commercial crop-growing regions should 

 so handle their crops that each particular region may become a center of pro- 

 duction for a certain particular variety of a crop. 



Bureau of marketing, E. J. Watson (Ann. Rpt. Coinr. Agr., Com. and Indus. 

 S. C, 10 (1913), pp. 224-240). — By listing in a weekly paper persons having 

 farm products for sale and those desiring to purchase the commissioner is 

 endeavoring to find a market for the farm products of his State without any 

 other medium of exchange. 



Forest insurance in Norway (Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Mo. Bui. Econ, 

 and 8oc. Intel., 4 (1913), No. 9, pp. 47-55). — This article contains a discussion 

 of the extent and value of the forests in Norway, the fire preventive measures 

 used, and the organization of the Norwegian Mutual Forest Fire Insurance 

 Society, and reports the results of the first year of its work. 



A Norwegian forest fire insurance association, J. A. Larsen (Forestry 

 Quart., 11 (1913), No. 4, pp. 525, 526). — An account of the organization and 

 results of this work, also noted abo\e. 



The insurance of cattle in France, L. H6ronnaux (Jour. Soc. Roy. Cent. 

 Agi\ Belg., 61 (1913), No. 2, pp. 42-49).— The author discusses the influence of 

 local conditions in fixing rates and the relationship of the local associations to 



