Reviews : REW, R. H. An Agricultural Faggot. Pp. x, 187. Price, 5s. London : P. S. King and Son, 1913
| Published date | 01 May 1914 |
| Author | A.P. Winston |
| Date | 01 May 1914 |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271621405300149 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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REW,
R.
H.
An
Agricultural
Faggot.
Pp.
x,
187.
Price,
5s.
London :
P.
S.
King
and
Son,
1913.
This
collection
of
essays
on
quite
various
topics
in
agriculture
is
by
no
means
devoid
of
interest,
notwithstanding
the
fact
that
only
three
out
of
ten
papers
were
written
within
the
present
century.
As
the
writer
observes
in
his
introduction,
the
persistence
of
the
problems
of
agriculture
is
exemplified
by
the
continued
timeliness
of
certain
of
his
papers
written
twenty
years
ago-as
the
one
on
agriculture
and
free
trade,
and
another
on
the
townward
migration
of
laborers.
An
American
must
be
impressed
by
certain
contrasts
with
American
methods
and
points
of
view.
Thus
it
is
argued,
in
a
chapter
on
the
middlemen
in
agriculture,
that
it
would
be
more
economical
for
farmers
always
to
slaughter
their
cattle
destined
for
the
London
market,
instead
of
sending
them
alive.
It
appears
that
in
the
nineties
the
practice
of
shipping
only
the
carcasses
was
be-
coming
more
frequent.
We
should
probably
conclude
that,
however
superior
English
agriculture
may
be
in
many
particulars
to
our
own,
we
are
more
for-
tunate
in
the
mechanism
for
disposing
of
products-at
any
rate
as
regards
live
stock.
Thus
it
appears
that
the
English
farmer
(unless
there
has
been
a
change)
has
no
means
of
knowing
the
prevalent
price
of
cattle,
because
there
are
no
quotations
having
the
approximate
correctness
of
the
reports
for
our
central
markets,
and
it
seems
quite
astonishing
to
find
a
discussion
of
the
question
whether
the
weight
of
cattle
should be
determined
by
the
use
of
scales
or
estimated
from
measurements
of
the
animal’s
back-bone
and
girth.
In
the
introduction
it
appears
that
after
twenty-five
years
of
discussion
the
old
method
survives.
Mr.
Rew
is
assistant
secretary
to
the
Board
of
Agriculture.
In
addition
to
subjects
just
mentioned
he
discusses
farming
in
olden
times,
English
markets
and
fairs,
the
nation’s
food
supply,
British
and
English
agriculture.
Pearre,
Md.
A.
P.
WINSTON.
RUBINOW,
I.
M.
Social
Insurance.
Pp.
vii,
525.
Price,
$3.00.
New
York:
Henry
Holt
and
Company,
1913.
Summarizing
the
causes
of
poverty
as
&dquo; (1)
absence
of
a
worker
in
the
family;
(2)
physical
inability
to
perform
labor,
because
of
illness,
accidental
injury,
chronic
invalidity,
or
the
physical
deterioration
accompanying
old
age,
and
finally,
(3)
inability
to
find
employment&dquo;
(p.
8),
Dr.
Rubinow
exam-
ines
the
ways
by
which
these
factors
may
be
met
by
insurance.
He
points
out
that
the
individualism,
which
insists
that
each
person
arrange
for
the
carrying
of
this
burden,
is
not
only
unusual,
but
practically
impossible.
That
there
is
need
for
a
comprehensive
scheme
is
clearly
demonstrated.
This
study
is
in
five
parts-introduction,
insurance
against
industrial
accidents,
insurance
against
sickness,
insurance
against
old
age,
invalidity
and
death,
and
insurance
against
unemployment,
The
introduction
contains
the
concept
of
social
insurance,
the
development
of
the
movement
in
Europe,
and
the
need
of
such
insurance
in
the
United
States.
Under, the
last
heading
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