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XLVII. 

 Farm-Buildings. Roads. Waterways. Transports. 



No abstract given under this heading. 



XLVIII. 



Agricultural implements and machinery. Legislation regarding 

 agricultural machinery. 



WILLIAM E. BEAR. Exportation of Implements and Machines 

 into Great Britain. Journal of the R. Agric. Soc. of England, 

 Vol. 70, 1909, pp. 151-163. 



The classification of the imports of implements, tools and ma- 

 chines into Great Britain is not so definite as could be desired. 



Under ''implements and tools" there is no distinction between 

 those of the agricultural and other classes ; but it may be assumed 

 that the implements are nearly all agricultural, and as to tools, 

 machine tools are excluded. More than three fourths, judging from 

 the values, which alone are given, are received from the United 

 States, but there has been a great decrease about 62 per cent. 

 in imports from that source since 1904, probably because British 

 manufacturers have recently made implements similar in type to 

 those which come from the United States. It seems strange that 

 the Netherlands should stand second in this connection, and pro- 

 bably this is in relation to tools not nearly all agricultural. 



France, Germany and Canada follow in the order given, not one 

 of them however exceeding the value of 20 ooo (505 ooo frcs) in a 

 year. The total weight of agricultural steam engines in 1908 was 

 only 36 tons. Other agricultural machines come chiefly from the 

 United States, Canada being the only other important contributor. 

 The total value in 1908 was under 726 ooo (equal to 18 331 500 frcs). 



