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hamlry lias been imiuoved. disi-harfit'd native soldiers Lave been assisted in 

 the purehase of land, and the perennial bnrden of debt has been ligliten«'d and 

 shifted from the extortionate money lender, whose eharjres ranjre from 2~t to 

 l(»o per cent, to the mutual credit villajie i»ank at rates of interest ranging 

 from 5 to (U per cent. 



Cooperative credit in Beugal {Indian Ayr., 33 (li)UH), So. II, pp. 326, 327). — 

 On June .'50, lOOS, the societies numbered 326 and the membership 11,076, the 

 corn'sponding figures ft»r June oO, 1!>07. being 16i> and 6.JM)3, respectively. The 

 common objects of borrowing by the ryots are to i»ay off old debts and to 

 purchase cattle. "The rate of interest oPfere<l by some of the societies is 

 only <» iK>r cent, whereas the lowest rate charged by money lenders is 1S.T5 per 

 cent and the most common rate is 31.2")." The greatest need at the present time 

 is said to be competent honorary organizers to assist the government in organ- 

 izing and instructing the peasant class. 



Agricultural credit, E. Carn.\roli (Rir. Interna^. Sci. Soc, .}J (lf)07), Xo/t. 

 119, Pit. 313-'i01 : ISO, pp. 509-523). — This article discusses the essential char- 

 acteristics of agricultural credit and gives the status of the movement in Italy 

 and foreign countries. An extensive bibliography is included. 



Immigrants of the agricultural class in the Northwest Provinces, A. 

 Bi.VK (fV/fs^.s- mill Sttitix. [C(iii(iilii\ Hill, a, pp. XI-\-5S\. — Statistics of agri- 

 cultural innnigration into Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta from January 

 1, 1S91, to June 24, 1J)06, are reported and discussed, including data relating 

 to the countries from which the emigrants came, the number of families and 

 l)ersons per family, the live stock per farm, and the extent of farm lands 

 nccu[)ied and in crops jier family in 1006. The immigrant families inimbered 

 50,324. embracing 20,">.774 persons, and occupied ll.r»7S..3.")7 acres of land, of 

 which 2.307.!»7'.i acres were in crops. 



Government crop reports: Their value, scope, and preparation, C. C. Clark 

 ( [/. S. Dipt. A(ir., Hiir. Stntis. ('in: 17, pp. 7-/6). — This is an account of the 

 origin and development of the system of collecting and issuing Government 

 crop reports, the methods employed to secure accurate data, and the value of 

 crop statistics not only to farmers but to commercial interests of every kind 

 and class. 



Crop Reporter (U. S. Dcpt. A</r., Bur. ,s7rtfi.s\ Crop Reporter, 10 ilDOS), 

 No. 12, pp. SH-HG ; Sup., pp. 97-10.)). — These numbers give the crop conditions 

 In the United States and foreign countries, with statistics on the exports of 

 durum wheat, range of prices of agricultural products, the acreage, production, 

 and value of the jtrincipal farm crops of the United States in IJIOS, and the 

 annual report of the Bureau of Statistics for the fiscal year lOOT-S. 



Farm bookkeeping, II. G. Lamb {\ew York, 190S, pp. yiII+G9). — This is a 

 book of instru<tion in double-entry bookkeejiiug intended particularly for prac- 

 tical use on the farm. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Agriculture in the rural schools. Nellif: B. (Miisiiolm (Mich. F(irincr.s' 

 IriHls., lii.sl. Hill. /}, pp. 2S3-2Si;).—l\\ this addre.ss before a Michigan county 

 farmers' institute tlie author emphasized the demands of the new education as 

 a preiianition for life and itointed out ways in wliich tin' teaching of agricul- 

 ture helps to meet these demands. Tier iMiint of view is <>pitomi7.ed in the s^tate- 

 nie;it tiiat "what .\merican agriculture needs more than anything else is tluit 

 It Ixronie intellectuali/.ed. that it be made the purpo.se and object of mental as 

 well as physical effort." 



