IV CONTENTS 



MiscEij.ANEous Information relating to Insurance and thrift in 



VARIOUS Countries Page 35 



France : Insurance against Hail in 191 fi, page 35. 



PART III : CREDIT. 

 ITai,y. 



Recent Provisions as to Agricultural Credit Page 37 



§ I. The Decrees of 10 May and 20 and 30 June 1917, page 38. — §2. The Decrees of 

 26 July and 19 and 28 August 1917, page 40. — § 3. Special Provisions for Sar- 

 dinia, page 41 . — § 4. Provisions for affording Credit to the Agricultural Bodies in 

 I^atium, page 42. 



MlSCEl,I.ANEOUS INFORMATION REI<ATING TO CrEDIT IN VARIOUS COUN- 

 TRIES Page 44 



Canada : The Short Term Rural Credit Act of Manitoba, page 44. 



Italy : i ) The Institution of a System of Current Accounts and Postal Orders, page 46. 



2) The Provincial Fund of Agricultural Credit for Basilicata in 1916, page 48. 



3) The " Federazione per il Credito Agrario nell'Umbria ", page 49. 

 United States : i) The Activity of the Federal I,and Bank of .St. lyOiiis, page 49. 



2) The California Federation of Farmer's Co-operative Marketing Associations, 

 page 51. 



PART IV : AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL. 



Canada. 



Cold Storage in Canada Page 53 



§ I . General Condition of the Business of Cold Storage, page 53. — § 2 . Functions of 

 the Business of Cold Storage, page 55. — § 3. Profits of the Cold Storage Compa- 

 nies, page 56. — §4. General Conclusions, page 64. 



United vStates. 



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The Improvement of Conditions among Immigrants into California .... Page 66 

 § I. Immigration and Settlement, page 67. — §2.I/abour and Unemployment, 

 page 68. — ■§ 3. Education, page 70. — § 4. Statistics as to lyabour Camps and 

 their Sanitary Condition, page 70. 



