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Some computed returns of farms in Switzerland (Landw. Ztschr. Rhein- 

 provim. 9 {1908), Xo. 2'/, pp. 329, 330). — This article is summarized from a re- 

 port by Dr. E. Laur on the returns from 916 difterent-size farms in Switzer- 

 land for the years 1901-1906, inclusive. The statistics are believed to indicate 

 that intensive rather than extensive farming gives the better returns. A judi- 

 cious combination of different branches of farming, with about 50 per cent of 

 the land, labor, and capital devoted to dairying, is believed to offer the best 

 prospects to farmers in Switzerland. 



Agriculture in Siam, Dilock (Die Laiulicirtschaft in Siani. Leipsic, 1908, 

 pp. 215). — This book describes the conditions of agriculture in Siam and is a 

 contribution to the economic historj' of the kingdom from the agricultural point 

 of view. 



Traffic on Chesapeake Bay and Tennessee River, F. Andrews {U. 8. Dept. 

 Agr. Yearbook 1901, pp. 289-30 J/). — This article discusses the advantages and 

 disadvantages of water transportation of agricultural products, the Chesapeake 

 Bay and Tennessee River traffic being taken as typical of the methods of handling 

 crops. The amount and kind of crops shipped, and the freight rates for water 

 transportation as compared with rates on railroads competing in these regions, 

 are discussed. Freight rates by water transportation are shown to be very 

 much lower than railroad rates, but certain kinds of truck and fruit crops are 

 better and more quickly handled by the railroads. The possibility of improv- 

 ing the methods of loading and unloading agricultural freight carried by steam- 

 boats, the need of longer and more regular seasons of navigation, and the im- 

 portance of making the channels of rivers more navigable for the regular move- 

 ment of farm produce are particularly emphasized. 



Crop Reporter (U. 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. Crop Reporter, 10 (1908), No. 

 V, pp. 65-72 ) . — Notes are given on the crop conditions in the United States and 

 foreign countries, with statistics of the farm values and prices of agricultural 

 products and the principal groups of farm and forest products imported into 

 the United States during the years ended June 30, 1907 and 1908. 



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Education [agricultural] (Encj/elopcrdia of Agrleulture. Edinburgh and 

 London, 1908, vol. 2, pp. 9-18). — Contains a rather full discussion of agricultural 

 education in the British Islands, beginning with the first attempt to institute 

 systematic instruction in the theory and science of agriculture in 1790, when a 

 chair of agriculture was established in the Universits' of Edinburgh. In Ire- 

 land the first state-supported school of agriculture was established in 1838, and 

 in England the first agricultural college was founded at Cirencester in 1845. 

 The development and present status of agricultural education in England, Ire- 

 land, and Scotland, and the part taken by state and local governments in this 

 educational work are described. 



The New York State Agricultural College at Ovid, N. Y., and higher 

 agricultural education, D. Willers (Yariek, X. Y., 1907, pp. 27, pi. 1) . — A 

 historical paper containing data concerning the act of the New York State legis- 

 lature incorporating the New York State Agricultural College, which was first 

 located at Fayette in Seneca County, and later at Ovid, and subsequent acts 

 relating to Cornell University and the funds derived from the several acts of 

 Congress in aid of agricultural education. 



It appears that the New York State Agricultural College at Ovid was opened 

 for the reception of students December 5, 1860, when a class of 27 young men 



