86 NOTICES RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL 



Before concluding we must state that Dr. Feif alik's ideas and the reform 

 he proposes, as resumed by us, refer especially to Bosnia. Since in Her- 

 zegovina the jurisdictor}^ relations between agas and kmeti are slightly 

 different from what they are in Bosnia, the author has wished to make the 

 former province the subject of a special study in which he hopes to present 

 his conclusions regarding it. 



AUSTRIA. 



AGRAR-COMPASS. JAHR- UND ADRESSBUCH DER OSTERREICHISCHEN LAND- 

 WIRTSCHAFT (Agrar-Compass. Year-book and Directory of Austrian Agriculture) Pub- 

 lished by Rudolf Hanel, Vienna, 1916, pp. 1788. 



There were already books like this one in Austria concerned with industry 

 and commerce. The present volume fills a gap and supplies a need much felt 

 not only by agriculturists but also by all interested in business, and is a po- 

 tent aid to the general economy of the country. For in spite of the great pro- 

 gress made by co-operation and the existence of other noteworthy insti- 

 tutions, Austria has lacked the means by which a complete idea of the mar- 

 ket in a broad sense can be formed, and the connection between consumers 

 and producers has had a casual rather than a systematic character. This has 

 been largely due to the fact that agriculture has lacked the expedient which 

 had long and successfully served industry. The editors of Agrar Compass 

 have made it their aim to understand and explain agricultural production in 

 all its branches from the point of view of its capacity to enter into the move- 

 ment of commerce. The new directory deals especially with those agri- 

 culturists who bring onto the market a quantity of products considerable 

 from the commercial point of view. The war prevented this collection 

 of addresses from comprising those of the agriculturists of Galicia and 

 Bukovina, in which countries ownership has undergone many and im- 

 portant changes and modifications. 



The book gives the names and addresses of the owners of farms and 

 forest holdings, and of their secondary establishments when these surpass 

 an area fixed in accordance with the crops grown ; of the dairy farms — 

 those producing milk and cheese and collective dairies — ; of agricultural 

 unions for purchase, sale and stock-breeding and other co-operative societies 

 and corporations ; of distilleries, mills, industries for working with wood, 

 sugar refineries, factories for making preserves and substitutes for coffee, 

 and tobacco industries. 



Pages 1221 to 1268 are occupied by general statistics giving the data 

 as to the agricultural, economic and forestal position in each State, that 

 is with regard to agriculture, forestal economy, stock-breeding, the indus- 

 tries for alcoholic drinks, mills, and the treatment and preparation of wood, 

 sugar, preserves, coffee substitiites, and tobacco. 



RUGGERI ALFREDO, gerente responsabile 



