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destination of the exports of tlie main agrienltural products are discussed and 

 diagrammatically illustrated in this article. 



Tlie author calls attention to the fact that the grains and oil cakes exported 

 contain large quantities of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash and could be 

 more profitably utilized on the farms in the United States by being fed to 

 live stocli, etc. In this way there would be returned " to our own soils the 

 tens of millions of dollars' worth of fertilizer ingredients and in addition 

 several million tons of humus-making substances other than nitrogen, phos- 

 phoric acid, and potash. We would induce the change of the crops of more of 

 our farm areas to grasses and annual forage crops, which both rest the soil 

 and add to it organic matter which adds greatly to the profits from crops." 



Settlement and agricultural development of the northwest provinces of 

 Canada, E. H. Godfrey {Jour. Roy. Statis. Soc, 11 (1908), No. 2, pp. 397- 

 J/OJi). — The information contained in this article is largely summarized from 

 a publication previously noted (E. S. E., 19, p. 1191). 



Agriculture in Denmark, Tisserand (Bui. Soc. Nat. Agr. France, 68 (1908), 

 No. 6, pp. 376—'il-'i; Jour. Soc. Statis. Paris, 49 (1908), Nos. 8, pp. 26.^-275; 9, 

 pp. 296-30S). — This is a general review of the progress made in all branches 

 of agriculture in Denmark from 1855 to 1907, including data on agri- 

 cultural production, conditions of farm labor, size of farms, etc. The chief 

 causes of progress are given as scientific investigations and government aid, the 

 chief directions in which these forces have operated being pointed out. Data 

 are also presented and discussed relating to agricultural organizations and 

 cooperative societies. 



Notes on agriculture in South Australia, W. L. Summers {Adelaide: Oovt., 

 1908, pp. 61, figs. 55). — This brochure gives information concerning agricultural 

 conditions and opportunities in South Australia and is finely illustrated with 

 scenes typical of the agriculture in dilferent sections of the country. 



[Agricultural statistics of Australia], G. H. Knibbs {Ojf. Yearbook Aust., 

 1908, pp. 219-385, dgms. 7). — These chapters, dealing x-espectively with land 

 tenure and settlement, pastoral production, agricultural production, farmyard 

 and dairy production, and forests, foi'estry, and forestal products of Australia, 

 give statistical information with discussion relating to these topics from 1787 

 to 1906, inclusive. They comprise a historical sketch of agricultural develop- 

 ment in Australia for more than a century. 



Agriculture in Japan, H. Sharp {Daily Consular and Trade Rpts. [U. S.], 

 1908, No. 3255, pp. 9-12). — A brief account is given of agricultural conditions 

 in Japan, including notes on land areas, implements used, extent of fertilizer 

 importation, irrigation practices, and agricultural exports and imports for 1906 

 and preceding years. 



Crop Reporter {U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. Crop Reporter, 10 {1908), No. 

 10, pp. 73-80). — The condition of crops in the United States and foreign coun- 

 tries, data on the farm values of principal crops and range of prices of agri- 

 cultural products in the T'nited States, and a summary of the crop acreage 

 and live stock in the United Kingdom are reported to October 1, 1908. 



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Agriculture the basis of education, O. F. Cook {Reprint from Monist, July, 

 1907, pp. 3.'f7-36Ji). — In this paper the author develops his thesis on the long 

 recognized fact that agriculture furnishes the material basis for civilization, 

 and proceeds to show that while this fact has been recognized, educators seem 

 to have forgotten that agriculture is just as truly the basis of intellectual and 

 social development. He believes that " the mental conditions of agriculture 



