688 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



ing what can be doue on small holdings with the application of capital and 

 intelligent industry. 



Farm manag-ement, R. H. Poston {Ann. Rpt. Wis. Agr. Ewpt. Assoc, S {1910), 

 pp. SO-S.'i, pL 1). — This article makes suggestions for the profitable employment 

 of live stock and laborers, the proper location of buildings, the time and method 

 of planting crops, and the preservation of manure as important factors in farm 

 management. It is concluded that " if all men would use the same business 

 methods about their farm management that they would running any other 

 business, farming would be more pleasant and more profitable." 



The business side of farming', B. H. Crocheron {Gard. Mag. [N. Y.], 12 

 {1910), No. 6, pp. 268-270). — Suggestions made in this article for the more 

 profitable operation of farms include discussions of the advantages of small 

 farms, the raising of difficult products, finishing products on the farm, securing 

 the advantages of near-by and special markets, keeping daily expense accounts, 

 and summing up in a yearly inventory. 



Methods of farm advertising, J. C. Marquis {Ann. Rpt. Wis. Agr Expt. 

 Assoc, 8 {1910), pp. lJf-20, fig. 1). — The value of advertising as an essential 

 factor in successful farm management is discussed and illustrated. 



The agricultural industry a unit, E. Streit {Illus. Landw. Ztg., 30 {1910), 

 No. 88, p. 826). — This article treats the different lines of work conducted on a 

 farm as parts of a system in which the different branches are to be considered 

 in relation to the whole organism, the one aim being to secure the highest 

 profits for the labor and capital expended. On a diversified farm, therefore, 

 it is practically useless to attempt to ascertain the cost of production of any 

 particular crop, but the keeping ef accounts for the farm as a whole is both 

 practical and necessary for the up-to-date farmer for his practical guidance in 

 farm management. The latter is regarded as the most essential feature in 

 profitable agriculture at the present time. 



Investigations on the profitableness of agriculture in Switzerland during 

 1908-9, E. Laur {Ann. Agr. Suisse, 11 {1910), No. 2, pp. 12-V,1).— In addi- 

 tion to data on the yields, value, exports, etc., of farm products raised for the 

 year ended February 28, 1909, this report contains a detailed account of the 

 profitableness of agriculture as determined from 287 farms of various sizes. 

 The following table gives the receipts classified according to the kind of hold- 

 ing: 



Kind, number, and receipts of farm holdings in Switzerland. 



Kind of holding. 



Number 

 of hold- 

 ings. 



Receipts 

 per hold- 

 ing. 



1908. 



Number 

 of hold- 

 ings. 



Receipts. 



Per 

 holding. 



Per hec- 

 tare of 

 surface 



cul- 

 tivated. 



Small holdings 



Small peasant holdings 



Peasant holdings 



Large peasant holdings 

 Large holdings 



157 

 553 

 351 

 317 



Francs. 

 2,601 

 4,379 

 6,378 

 10, 074 

 17, 072 



29 

 115 

 62 

 63 

 18 



Francs. 



2,2.59 



4,660 



6, 927 



11,027 



21,546 



Francs. 

 .565 

 630 

 555 

 522 

 520 



The average receipts, as determined from 1,457 holdings averaging 13.64 

 hectares in size for the years 1901-1908, inclusive, were 6,820 francs, or an 

 average return of 500 francs per hectare (about $39 per acre). 



The agrarian industries: Their development and present condition with 

 special reference to the outlook for the commonwealth of Australia, H. W. 



