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data on the condition of crops in the different States and Territories in May, June, 

 and July, these numbers contain statistics and popular arti('les on a variety of sub- 

 jects, such as New York State canals, agriculture in India, methods for estimating 

 areas of land, sheep grazing on forest reserves, principal crops of Germany for the 

 years 189;3-1S!)9, the distribution of the area of production, jute crop of India, the 

 origin of seedless orange culture in the United States, the 1900 wheat crop of British 

 India, and pear blight. 



The cotton crop of 1898-99, J. L. Watkins (U. S. Dept. Agr., Division of Sta- 

 tistics Bid. 17, nusr. so-., pp. 32). — This contains statistical data on the cotton crop of 

 the different States and Territories as shown by the movement of cotton from the 

 plantation to points of export or consumption and also statistical information on 

 cotton mills in the South and amounts of cotton purchased by them, the Sea Island 

 cotton crop of 1898-99, the value of the cotton crop of 1898-99, comparative acreage 

 and production, the cost of picking cotton, exports of cotton from United States 

 ports, consumption of American cotton by foreign countries, the world's consumption 

 of cotton, cotton acreage since 1894, and cotton (-rops since 1893. The total cotton 

 crop for the year is estimated at 11,189,205 commercial bales, valued at $305,467,041. 

 Of this the Sea Island crop amounted to 67,791 bales valued at $3,594,245. 



The development of the American cotton industry, F. Hart [Jour. Franklin 

 Inst., 1.50 {1900), Xo. S, jip. 101-172). 



Cotton movement and fluctuations 1894 to 1899, Latham, Alexander & Co. 

 {Nev) York: 1899, pp. 151, figs. 6). 



The sugar industry and tlie manufacture of rum in Porto Rico, E. DelAfond 

 {Sucr. Tndig., 56 {1900), Xo. 2, pp. 40-42). 



Sug-ar industry of Porto Rico, E. Delafond {Intrrnat. Sugar Jour., 2 {1900), Xo. 

 20, pp. 4S2, 433). — A discussion of the conditions and possible future of the pro- 

 duction of cane sugar in Porto Rico. 



The peanut-oil industry, R. P. Skinner {JJ. S. Consular Rpts., 63 {1900), Xo. 

 236, jjp. S2-S?) . — The manufacture of peanut oil in France is described and statistics 

 are given concerning the source of the peanuts used for the i^urpose, their market 

 value, etc. 



Agricultural returns for Great Britain for 1899 {London: Wyinan & Sons, 

 1900, pp. XL r/-f- 261). — This rejjort shows the acreage and produce of crops, prices of 

 grain, and number of live stock, with agricultural statistics for the United Kingdom, 

 British possessions, and foreign countries. 



Station publications {Kansas Sta. Bui. 94, pp- 56-67). — A complete list of station 

 publications is given, those out of print being indicated. The principal subjects 

 treated in the publications are indexed. 



Finances — meteorology — index {Maine Sta. Bid. 58, pp. 8-\- 159-171). — This was 

 published as a part of the Annual Report of the station for 1899 (E. S. R., 12, p. 297). 



German Agriculture at the end of the nineteenth century, Werner and 

 Albert {Arh. I)eul. Laudtr. GeselJ., Xo. 51, pp. 96). — This is a memoir written on the 

 occasion of the World's Fair at Paris and summarizes the progress of German agri- 

 culture during the past 25 years along the following lines: Soil culture; agricultural 

 chemistry; manuring; field crops, including rye, wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, 

 legumes, sugar beets, fodder crops, and commercial crops; stock farming, dealing 

 with horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and goats; and technical agriculture, such as dairy- 

 ing, sugar-beet manufacture, manufacture of spirits and starch. A final chapter on 

 the agriculture of Germany in the past, present, and future concludes the work. 



The development of agricultural instruction in Germany and the sem- 

 inary for agricultural teachers in the University of Leipsic, G. John ( FiiJi- 

 ling's Landw. Ztg., 49 {1900), Xos. 11, pp. 406-411; 12, pp. 445-449; 13, pp. 473-479}^ 



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