292 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED, 



farmers' cooperative demonstration worli of this Department (E. S. R., 19, p. 

 1027). 



The work has increased " from one agent in 1904 to 430 agents at the present 

 time ; from one farm it has extended to 60,000 farms and 75,000 farmers ; from 

 one State to 13 States," and in addition the boys' corn clubs interest 40,000 boy 

 farmers between 10 and IS years of age. The economic effects of the move- 

 ment in increasing the yields and profits of growing cotton, corn, and other 

 crops are described and illustrated. 



The mission of cooperative demonstration work in the South, S. A. Knapp 

 (U. 8. Dept. Agr., Office Sec. Circ. 33, pp. S). — This is an extempore address 

 delivered before the agents in immediate supervision of the demonstration 

 fields (see above). The author discusses the need of tile di-ainage, live stocli 

 farming, properly cured hays, farm motors, improved education for country 

 people, and the readjustment of the home. The agents are expected to co- 

 operate with the teachers of the public schools as well as to assist farmers to 

 increase their wealth and obtain greater earning power. 



The first aid to shipping fruits, vegetables, butter, eggs, and game for 

 profit to market, T. G. Thomas (Houston, Tex., 1910, pp. 98, figs. 2).— A 

 practical treatise on the marketing of southern produce. 



Return of prices of crops, live stock, and other Irish agricultural prod- 

 ucts, W. G. S. Adams (Dcpt. Agr. and Tech. Instr. Ireland, Agr. Statis. 1909, 

 pp. XIX+116, dgms. 17). — Statistics of prices in Ireland of live stock and 

 other agricultural produce for the period ended December 31, 1909, together 

 with tables of average prices for the 20 years 1890-1909 and of the quarterly 

 average prices during 1908 and 1909, are presented and discussed. 



Crop Reporter (U. 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. Crop Reporter, 12 {1910), No. 

 12, pp. S9-96; Sup., pp. 9~-10.'i). — These give statistics on the condition and 

 acreage of crops in the United States and foreign countries, the farm values 

 and range of prices of agricultural products, monthly receipts of eggs and 

 poultry in the chief markets of the United States, a summarized statement of 

 exports of farm and forest products for the years ended June 30, 1909 and 

 1910, and a portion of the annual report of the Bureau of Statistics of this 

 Department for the fiscal year 1910. 



AGKICTJLTUEAL EDUCATION. 



Agricultural education, C. W. Dabney (In Education in the United States. 

 New Yorlc, Cincinnati, Chicago, 1910, pp. 595-651). — This is one of a series of 

 monographs edited by Nicholas Murray Butler. It gives an account of the 

 earliest discussions of agricultural education, the first agricultural societies 

 and fairs, the rise of agricultural schools, the beginnings of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, the first agricultural colleges, the land-grant col- 

 leges, their classification, requirements for admission, courses of study, mili- 

 tary instruction, and expenses of students, statistics, extension work in agricul- 

 ture, agriculture in the common schools, and the origin of the agricultural 

 experiment stations. 



Progress in agricultural education, 1909, D. J. Crosby (U. 8. Dept. Agr., 

 Office Expt. Stas. Rpt. 1909, pp. 251-325, pis 6).— This is a review for 1909 of 

 the leading features of pi'ogress in agricultural education in this country and 

 abroad, including the educational work of this Department, the Association of 

 American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, the National Educa- 

 tion Association, the Second National Corn Exposition, and the third session 

 of the Graduate School of Agriculture, and of items of interest as to the differ- 

 ent agricultural colleges, normal schools, and secondary and elementary schools. 



