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Agriculturists and breeders, L. L&ouzon i Agronomes et Eleveurs. Paris: J. B. 

 BaiUiere & Sons, 1905, pp. 860, pis. 20). — This book contains a sketch of the Lives 

 and the contributions to scientific agriculture of twenty-two eniinenl agriculturists, 

 namely: Robert Bakewell, founder of the breeder's art; Charlesand Robert Colling, 

 of the County of Durham, Eng., who developed tin- 1 treed of Durham cattle; Arthur 

 Young, an agricultural writer and firsl secretary of the English Board of Agriculture; 

 sir Jul i ii Sinclair, firsl president of the English Board of Agriculture; Coke, of Holk- 

 liam, a champion of large farms, intensive culture, and scientific methods in English 

 agriculture; Jonas Webb, the improver of the Southdown breed of sheep; Sir John 

 Bennetl Lawes, founder of the Rothamsted Experiment Station; Albrechl Thaer, 

 agriculturist, breeder, author, and educator; Oliver de Serres, a French agricultural 

 writer; Tessier, who introduced merino sheep into France; Mathieu de Dombasle, 

 founder of the School of Agriculture at Roville; Auguste Bella, agricultural writer 

 and educator; C. A. Vvart, Belgian veterinarian and breeder; A. E. Pierre, Comte 

 de Gasparin, noted for his work on contagious diseases of animals; Emile Baude- 

 ment, a writer and educator on the subject of cattle breeding; Edward Malingie", 

 sheep breeder, writer, and educator; J. B. Boussingault, agricultural chemist and 

 physicist; J. A. Barral, agricultural journalist; and Edouard Lecouteux, agricultural 

 writer and educator. 



Trade with noncontiguous possessions in farm and forest products, 1902- 

 1904 ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. Bui. 87, pp. 49). — This report contains statistics 

 of the trade in farm and forest products between the United States and her noncon- 

 tiguous possessions, viz, Porto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska, Philippine Islands, Tutuila, 

 Guam, and Midway Islands. 



Farm products represent 36.2 per cent of the value of the shipments from the 

 United States to the noncontiguous possessions, and 79.6 per cent of the shipments 

 to the United States from these possessions. "In 1904 sugar formed 75 percent of 

 the total shipments of domestic merchandise from Porto Rico to the United States 

 and 97 per cent of the corresponding shipments from Hawaii. Manila formed 92per 

 cent of all domestic merchandise imported from the Philippines into the United 

 States in L904." 



Imports of farm and forest products, 1902-1904 | U. S. />>j>>. Agr., Bur. Statis. 

 Bui. 85, pp. 82). — This bulletin presents a statistical review of the sources, the char- 

 acter, and the value of imports of farm and forest products into the United States. 



The imports of farm products in 1904 were valued at $461,434,851, and represented 

 46.6 per cent of the total imports. The imports of forest products in the same year 

 were valued at $79,619,296. Over 62 per cent of the imports of farm products came 

 from eight countries, viz, Cuba, Brazil, United Kingdom, Japan. China, Mexico, 

 Italy, and France. Sugar is the principal farm product imported from Cuba, coffee 

 from Brazil, wool from the United Kingdom, and raw silk from Japan. 



The leading imports of farm and forest products in the order of their importance 

 in 1904 are: Sugar, $72,933,951; coffee, $69,551,799; hides and skins other than furs, 

 $62,006,070; vegetable fiber, $46,355,795; silk, $46,100,500; India rubber, $40,444,250; 

 wool. $24,818,591; fruits. £1S,964.6SS; tea, SlS,22l»,:510; tobacco, $16,939,487; lum- 

 ber, $12,026,857. 



Exports of farm and forest products, 1902-1904 < U.S. Dept. Agr., Bur.Staiis. 

 Bui 86, pp. 108).— This report shows the quantities and the values of the imports and 

 the exports of the various classes of farm and forest product- 6o and from the (Jndite 

 States. 



The value of farm products exported during the year ended June 30, 1904, was 

 $872,000,000, which is greater than for any previous year, with the exception of 

 the 2 years 1901 and 1903. But while the value of exports of farm products has 

 greatly increased during the past 15 years, this increase has not kept pace with that 

 of other lines of production. Farm products represented only about 60 per cent of 



