86 NOTICES RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL 



of the nature of the soil and that of zootechuology. It is divided into six 

 chapters which treat separately of the different agricultural districts, and 

 thus it gives a complete and reliable picture of rural-economic conditions 

 in the country. 



In the second part the author studies the agrarian problems of Austria 

 in the light of political factors, such as the constitutional rules in force, the 

 population, means of communication and industry ; and he shows the im- 

 portance of these and the influence they have on the development of agri- 

 culture. 



The third part is concerned with customs' rights and their effect on 

 the rural economy of the country. 



In the fourth and last part the author is occupied by the results of 

 the Austrian agrarian policy and the problems of agriculture after the war. 



SWITZERLAND. 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE SECRETARIAT OF SWISS PEASANTS, No. 54. La Question 

 Ouvriere Agricole en Suisse (The Qiieslioii (i Agricultural Labour in Switzerland). — 

 Part IV: Propos.^ls for the Solution of the Problem (conclusion). The Reduction of the 

 Need for Agricultural Labour. Brougg. Secretariat of Swiss Peas: nts. 194 pp., 1917. 



This is the fourth part of the study on agricultural labour in Switzer- 

 land and should have appeared in 191 3. Obstacles caused the publication 

 to be delayed. 



The subject is the measures fitted to reduce the need for agricultural 

 labour. Those dependent on the general organization of the land are dealt 

 with first, then those dependent on the interior organization of farming, and 

 finally those dependent on the direction of farming. The measures depend- 

 ent on the interior organization of farming regard the substitution of machi- 

 nery for human labour, the employment of labour saving implements and 

 machinery, and modes of utilizing the soil which economize labour. 



UNITED STATES 



I. SYSTEMS OF RENTING TRUCK FARMS IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, 

 H. A. TURNER (U . S. Dept. Asr. Bui 411 (1916) (pp. 20). 



The farms from which records were secured were in Gloucester, 

 Salem, and Cumberland counties. The farms were subdivided into early 

 and late truck farms and also classified according to methods of rent- 

 ing. Among the more general conclusions brought out by this study 

 was the fact that the average labour income of 186 farms, let for a half 

 share of the crops, was $223 for the tenant and 6.8 per cent on the land- 

 lord's investment. The average for 35 farms let for cash was $206 for 



