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THE framework of this book is ambitious. The agricultural resources of every part of the globe are explored, with, in some cases, disappointing brevity. Under ‘resources,’ aspects are considered which do not, as a rule, find a place in agricultural text-books. For example, there are sections on climate, soils, origin and development of trade, agricultural organisation, and so forth. The matter is so encyclopadic that a considered review is not possible here. As a test we turned to the section on ‘Rice,’ and would query the, accuracy of the statement that “rice is by far the most important crop” in India. Again, under the heading of potato diseases it is disappointing to find that only two are mentioned, ‘scab’ and ‘blight.’ The botanical names should have been given, for, under the latter, two, ‘early’ blight and ‘late’ blight, are mentioned as if they were distinct diseases, whereas both, presumably, are Phytophthora infestans.
The Commerce of Agriculture: a Survey of Agricultural Resources.
By Prof. E. A. Buechel. (The Wiley Agricultural Series.) Pp. ix + 439. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1926.) 18s. 6d. net.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 120, 651 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120651a0
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