896 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Statistics of prices {Tiertelj. Statis. Deut. Reichs, 22 {1913), No. 3, pp. U~ 

 55), — This report gives tlie monthly prices for meat animals and the weekly 

 prices for rye and wheat at the principal large markets of Germany for 

 1908-1912. 



Acreag'e, harvest, and maniifacture of tobacco in Germany {Yiertelj. 

 Statis. Dent. Reichs, 22 (1913), No. 3, pp. 109-125).— Dsitu. are given for 1912 

 showing by Provinces the number of planters, area planted, amount harvested 

 and value, number of manufacturing establishments, and other data relating 

 to the manufacture of tobacco. 



Agricultural statistics of Austria for 1912 (Statis. Jahrh. K. K. Ackerh, 

 Min. [Viemm'], 1912, pp. IY-\-300). — This is the annual report of the Minister 

 of Agriculture, and gives data showing the area cultivated, in meadow, in 

 garden, and in pasture, and the production, average yield, and prices for all 

 farm crops for 1912 by minor geographic divisions. 



Yearly statement regarding- dairying in Austria for 1911 (Jahresher, 

 Stand Milcliw. [Austrial^, 1911, pp. 270). — This report gives by minor subdivi- 

 sions the kind of establishments, membership, milk received, butter and cheese 

 made, and other data regarding dairying in Austria. 



Russia, D. M. Wallace (London, PaHs, New York, and Melbourne, 1905, 

 vols. 1, pp. XYI-\--'>56, pis. 2; 2, pp. XII+487, pi. i).— The author of these 

 volumes gives a vivid and detailed description of conditions in Russia. Among 

 the chapters are the following that relate to agriculture: The peasantry of the 

 North ; the mir, or village community ; the pastoral tribes of the steppe ; landed 

 proprietors of the old school; the emancipation of the serfs; and the emanci- 

 ]>ated peasantry. 



Agricultural statistics of Roumania (Min. Agr., Statis. Agr. Romdniei, 

 1913, pt. 1, pp. 8). — ^This is the annual statement giving the area devoted to 

 cereal, fiber, leguminous, and industrial plants, gardens, forage, and vineyards 

 for the crop year 1912-13 by geographic divisions, and comparative data for 

 Koumania as a whole for 1908-1913. 



Agriculture in Hausa Land, northern Nigeria, P. H. Lamb (Bui. Imp. Inst. 

 [So. Kensington}, 11 (1913), No. 4, pp. 626-634) .—This article describes the 

 methods of cultiA'ation, the natural fertility of the soil, and the possibilities 

 of future development of the agriculture. 



[Agriculture in Japan], Y. Takenob and K. Kawakami (Japan Year Book, 

 1913, pp. 155-117). — This chapter of the yearbook is devoted to the various 

 oconomic factors in agriculture, such as arable land, farming population, in- 

 crease of productive power, condition of tenant farmers, animal labor, farmers' 

 debts, irrigation and drainage, area, production, and trade in staple farm 

 r-roducts, sericulture, stock farming, poultry, and dairy and meat preserving. 



Season and crop report of Bengal for the year 1912-13, J. R. Blackwood 

 (Dept. Agr. Bengal, Season and Crop Rpt. 1912-13, pp. ^6). — This report gives 

 statistical data, showing by districts the rainfall, classification of agricultural 

 lands, area under crop, yield per acre of the principal farm crops expressed in 

 percentage of the normal yield, harvest prices, and number of live stock. 



Variations in Indian price levels (Calcutta: Com. Intel. Dept., 1913, pp. 16, 

 pis. 5). — Index numbers are shown for the prices of the principal vegetable and 

 animal foods, sugar, tea, coffee, textiles, hides, and tallow for 1861-1912. 



Farm management (Amer. Econ. Rev., 3 (1913), No. 1, Sup., pp. 96-113). — 

 This article consists of a round table discussion of the various phases of farm 

 management by H. C. Taylor, T. N. Carver, C. K. Graham, J. A. Valentine, R. 

 Hittinger, W. H. Bowker, and W. O Hedrick. The principal phases emphasized 

 are farm accounting, the use of machinery and hand labor, and the relationship 

 of the various factors in agricultural production. 



