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either the presence or the absence of a character may be 

 dominant. 



Much useful information, which will be of material assis- 

 tance to farmers and others, is given in the pages on Hardy 

 Fruits, Vegetable and Flower Culture. 



The chapter on Plant Diseases would have been improved 

 by the inclusion of the scientific names of the various diseases, 

 and no mention is made of the Corky Scab of the Potato, 

 though this is now a notifiable disease. As regards fig. 291, 

 p. 571, which is stated to represent bunt or smut — oblivious of 

 the fact that these fungi belong to different genera — diagram B 

 has no resemblance whatsoever to the spores of either bunt or 

 smut, while C is obviously a transverse section of the head of 

 a germinated ergot. 



An extended index increases the value of this book as a 

 work of reference to the general reader, but it is a matter for 

 regret that an effort has not been made to attain to greater 

 accuracy in statements of fact. 



The authors refer to an alleged incongruity observed by 

 farmers between the teaching of science, and the results of 

 practice, and this undoubtedly has existed in the past, but if it 

 is to be entirely dispelled, books written for the farmer must 

 represent fairly and accurately the discoveries and recommen- 

 dations of the agricultm-al scientist. 



J. Mackintosh. 



" Farm Accounts " — C. S. Orwin. — (Cambridge Farm 

 Institute Series. Cambridge University Press. 209 pp., 3s. net). 

 Absence of agreement among agriculturists with reference to 

 the proper method of conducting various farm operations is 

 common. About no part of their business however has there 

 been more diversity of opinion than about the most useful 

 system of book-keeping to be adopted. A vast number of 

 ruled and printed account books are brought out to facilitate 

 this work, and many text books are written to explain certain 

 methods and the reasons for their adoption. Few of these 

 seem to have given any general satisfaction. Agriculture, 

 although it is the oldest industry, lags behind others of more 

 recent origin in this respect. Problems which have been 

 settled with regard to their management are only now coming 

 up for consideration in farming. Hitherto, for example, men 

 have not given much thought to the question whether agri- 

 culture is to be classed as a commercial or as a manufacturing 

 business. Most of those who have written books on farm 

 accounts, or who have got out sets of account books, have 

 assumed that it belongs to the commercial class, and have 

 written and arranged their books in accordance with this view. 



