(1) Cooperation in Agriculture (2) The Farmer of To-morrow (3) Animal Husbandry for Schools (4) Elementary Tropical Agriculture

Abstract

(1) The first book on the list contains a very interesting account of the cooperative movement in America, especially as applied to agriculture. The subject is a very difficult one, and the author shows in his opening pages that he is fully aware of the intricacies and pitfalls in which it abounds. In the first instance a cooperative movement is not necessarily organised for the sake of profit; it may also be—and is, indeed, primarily—run for the benefit of its members in other directions. Secondly, as the author brings out very vividly, the average farmer is not a specialist. He produces a variety of general crops, each of which has to be handled and marketed through different agencies. Moreover, the supplies he uses are secured from different sources. He is thus in an entirely different position from the specialist farmer, who devotes his main attention to some one crop, such as apples, potatoes, &c, and therefore has much in common with others who are in the same line of business. These men can easily combine; they have to face the same problems of production, transport, distribution, and sale. Everywhere it is found that cooperation is easier for them than for the ordinary farmer.

(1) Cooperation in Agriculture.

By G. H. Powell. Pp. xv + 327 + xvi plates. (New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1913.) Price 6s. 6d. net.

(2) The Farmer of To-morrow.

By F. I. Anderson. Pp. viii + 308. (New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1913.) Price 6s. 6d. net.

(3) Animal Husbandry for Schools.

By Prof. M. W. Harper. Pp. xxii + 409. (New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1913.) Price 6s. net.

(4) Elementary Tropical Agriculture.

By W. H. Johnson. Pp. xi + 150. (London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1913.) Price 3s. 6d. net.