1196 EXPHKIME.NT STAIloX UKCOHD. 



faiuu'is, siilisidiary iiuliislrii's to sui.ill liol(liii;.'s. Mffnivstatiuii. and a ^.'radcd and 

 better sy>;t«'iii of aiirk-iillural e»liK"ili<»ii. 



All cMiMisivc liilili(iirnii)liy is aiiiiiMidcd. 



Small holdings and the law of April 10, 1908 y-loitr. Af/r. I'nit., ii. scr., 77 

 (lilOU), Ao. 7. It. 2lt.i). — A brief discaissioii tif the chief features of the law 

 (E. S. R.. L'<>. p. 101), wlileh provides for the use of government funds not 

 exceedini,' llMMKKM»<i<) franes (about .');2().(»(MM»<K)) at 2 per cent interest, in its 

 bearinjjr on the economic and social welfare of the owners of small farms in 

 France. 



Provisions of cottages and allotments in France {-Jour. lid. At/r. [London], 

 ],') ( lUO!)), Xo. J I, III). f<l)3, SGJi). — Notes are siven on the more important features 

 of the law of April 10, l!)Os, relating to f^overiinient assistance to farm laborers 

 for the imrchase, improvement, control, and disposition of small holdiii^rs, 



A small holders' Utopia, II. Kkaumont (Farm and Garden, 10 (JDO!)). 

 Ao.v. .'/S!). II. l.i'i ; .','.10, [). l.jl). — This is a brief history of the South Lincolnshire 

 Small lloldinjis Association since issd. Some of the features of the work which 

 have proved successful are common pasturage, the erection of cottages, and 

 copartnership farms. The beneficial results on the economic and social welfare 

 of the tenants and their families are jiarticularly emiihasized. 



Cooperative societies for the purchase of farming requisites i-lour. lid. Af/r. 

 [London], 15 (I'JO'J), A o. 12, in>. DH-iU'i; Vonnlnj Life [London], ,'.') (UXJ'.l), 

 A'o. 037, p. 3.08). — An account of the organization, objects, membership, and 

 business tr;iiisactious of cooiH-rative societi(>s in (!reat Itritain. 



Report of the Irish Agricultural Organization Society, Limited, II. Plun- 

 KETT and 11. A. Anokrson (RijI. Irish Agr. Oryun. Soc. 1H08. pp. lO.j). — Detailed 

 statistical data and discussions of the work of the atiiliated cooperative organi- 

 zations for the year ended June 30, 190S, are given. The societies numbered 

 941, as compared with 873 in 1907 (E. S. R., 20, p. 289), of which 299 were 

 cooperative creameries, 270 mutual credit societies, and 174 agricultural 

 organizations. 



Statistics of agricultural associations in 1907 ( Bid. Admin. At/r. [lirusscls], 

 2 (1!I0!>), A'o. 2, pp. 15-6.'i. ))Htps Jj). — Complete returns of agricultural coopera- 

 tive associations in Belgium on December 31, 1907, are reported, discussed, and 

 illustrated. 



The societies are grouped into agricultural business associations of various 

 kinds, numbering 1,271; organizations for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, 

 feeding stuffs, and machinery, which numbered 1.024: societies for the sale of 

 milk and the manufacture and sale of butter and cheese, numbering 497 in 

 active operation ; agricultural credit societies, which numbered 54.3. and societies 

 insuring live stock, of which there were 1.023. 



Agricultural associations in Portugal, L. de Castko (liul. Soc. Xat. Agr. 

 France, US {HJOS), A o. 10, pp. 782-78S). — Data are presented regarding the 

 population and agricultural conditions of Portugal (E. S. R., 20, p. 587), and a 

 brief history is given of agricultural cooperative associations from 1297 to the 

 present time. Portugal has only about 100 associations, but government interest 

 in them is shown by the fact that the iiarlianient recently passed a law author- 

 izing the use of 25.000.000 francs (about .$5,000,000) for the promotion of agri- 

 cultural credit. 



Danish agriculture in 1908, II. IIertel (Tidsskr. Lnndiikonomi, 1909, Ao. /. 

 pp. l-.'i2). — This is the annual summary of the general conditions of Danish 

 agriculture for the year 1908. 



Norwegian agriculture in 1908 (XorsJ,- JjindmandshUid. 28 (1909). Xo. 1, 

 pp. 1-10). — A general survey. 



