IV CONTENTS 



Germany : i) The Results Obtained In- the Most Important Mutual Societies for Insuring 

 Lrive Stock in 1916, page 27. 



2) The Damage caused by Floods, page 31. 

 United States : :Mutual Insurance against Fire in Massachusetts, page 32. 



PART III : CREDIT. 



vSpain. 



The organization of agricultural credit by the formation of a central 



FUND Page 37 



§ I. Preliminaries, page 37. — §2. The Royal Decree of 12 July iQi/i page 39. — 

 § 3. The Opinion of the Agricultural and Economic World on the Central Credit 

 Fund, page 43. 



ITAI,Y. 



The activity OF institutions OF LAND credit IN 1 91 6 Page ,\g 



§ I. The Organization of I^and Credit, page 49. — § 2. The " Istituto Italiano di 

 Credito Fondiario ", page 50. — § 3. The I,and Credit of the Savings Banks of 

 Milan, Bologna and Verona, page 52. — § 4. The " Istituto delle Opere Pie di San 

 Paolo " at Turin, the " Monte del Pasclii " at Siena and the " Credito Fondiario 

 vSardo " at Cagliari, page 53. 



MlSCEI,I<ANEOUS INFOI«kL\TlON REI.ATING TO CREDIT IN VARIOUS COUN- 

 TRIES Page 54 



United States : The First Year of the Federal Farm I^oan Act, page 54. 



PART IV : AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL. 



United vStates. 



The organization of the sample trade in gr,\in in Minnesota Page 57 



§ I . The Agencies for the Inspection and Classification of Grain , page 5 7. — - § 2 . The 

 Work of Sampling and Inspecting, page 58. 



France. 



The conditions of rural life ln 1913-1914 Page 64 



§ I. Depopulation of Country Districts, page 64. — § 2. RuraLEmigration , page 68. 

 — §3- Technical Education, page 72. — § 4. Disability in the Agricultural 

 Trades, page 73. 



