26 INFORMATION REI,ATING TO CO-OPERATION AN® ASSOCIATION 



In 1913 it acquired for 50,000 crowns a large site at vSorengen, and on 

 this erected large warehouses and cranes and established railway communi- 

 cations. The mill at Kambo has, in addition to elevators and bridges, a 

 silo capable of holding 60,000 tons of corn. Housing accomodation is pro- 

 vided for officials and employees. 



In 1911 the Association for Norway' Welfare together with various 

 agricultural co-operative societies built at Christiana the " Farmers' 

 House ", in order to provide agricultural institutes with good and commo- 

 dious premises at the lowest possible prices. The Faelleskjoh has its offi- 

 ces in the " Farmers' House " and holds the majority of shares in it. 



It supports the Association for Norway's Welfare, which promotes 

 the co-operative idea, bearing half the expenses of its two legal advisers ; 

 and it took a prominent part in establishing co-operative butchery. 



The Faelleskjoh comprises 789 agricultural societies, having altogether 

 about 28,000 members. Its official organ, Sanivirke, is pubhshed fort- 

 nightly and has a circulation of 30,000 copies. 



SPAIN. 



THE CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY OF THE " CASA DE GANADEROS " OF SARAGOSSA. 

 — Memoria sobre el funcionamicnto y resultados de la leclieria cooperativa en el ano 1916 

 {Memorandum on the Working and Results of the Co-operative Dairy in 1916) Tip. y Encua- 

 demacion " Heraldo ". Saragossa, 1917. 



The co-operative society for the sale of milk, founded by the Casa 

 de Ganaderos in Saragossa, was among the first realizations in Spain of the 

 co-operative principle in the dairy industry (i). The foundation took place 

 quite recently, in 1915, and the society became active on i April 1916. 



This co-operative dairy has other objects in addition to the sale of the 

 milk and the derivative products provided by its members. It seeks to 

 organize the insurance of milch stock, to facilitate the acquisition of milk 

 by the methods most fitted to satisfy the precepts of hygiene and the wants 

 of the consumer, and also to attaint© other ends which we will cite presently. 



The memorandum from which we take these data refers to the activity 

 of the dairy in the nine months of 1916 for which it was at work. In this 

 period the members contributed altogether 259,560 litres (2) of milk of 

 which 96,200 litres were sold on the spot in the vessels in which they were 

 received, while 86,612 litres were sold at buyers' house in 103,100 bottles 

 of one, a half and a quarter litre. The rest of the milk was sold in the form 

 of butter or cheese, that is 14,050 packets of butter and 3,450 small double- 

 cream cheeses. 11,500 litres of skim milk were also sold. 



It is a proof of the good organization of this co-operative society that 



(i) See our if^sue for June 191 7, page i. 

 (2) I litre = 0.88 quart. 



