THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE. 



The International Institute of Agriculture was established under the 

 International Treaty of June 7th, 1905, which was ratified by 40 Govern- 

 ments. Thirteen other Governments have since adhered to the Institute. 



It is a Government Institution in which each Country is represented 

 by delegates. The Institute is composed of a General Assembly and a 

 Permanent Committee. 



The Institute, confining its operations within an international sphere, 

 shall: 



(a) Collect, study, and publish as promptly as possible, statistical, 

 technical, or economic information concerning farming, vegetable and ani- 

 mal products, the commerce in agricultural products, and the prices pre- 

 vailing in the various markets. 



{b) Communicate to parties interested, also as promptly as possible, 

 the above information. 



(c) Indicate the wages paid for farm work. 



(d) Make known new diseases of plants which may appear in 

 any part of the world, showing the territories infected, the progress of the 

 diseases, and, if possible, the remedies which are effective. 



(e) Study questions concerning agricultural co-operation, insur- 

 ance, and credit in all their aspects ; collect and publish information which 

 might be useful in the various countries for the organisation of works con- 

 nected with agricultural co-operation, insurance and credit. 



(/) Submit to the approval of the Governments, if there is occasion 

 for it, measures for the protection of the common interests of farmers and 

 for the improvement of their condition, after having utilized all the ne- 

 cessary sources of information, such as the wishes expressed by interna- 

 tional or other agricultural congresses, or by congresses of sciences applied 

 to agriculture or agricultural societies, academies, learned bodies, etc. 



