CONTENTS. 



PART I : CO-OPERATION AND ASSOCIATION. 



Germany. 



Miscellaneous News Page 



I. State Aid to Agricultural Co-operation in the Grand Duch3' of Hesse, page i. 

 — 2. Refornj of the Rules of the Central Federation of German Agricultural 

 Co-operative Societies, page 2. — 3. The Advisability of the Co-operative 

 Viticultural Societies (Winzergenossenschaften) selling their Wine by Auction, 

 page 5. 



Denmark. 

 Recent Progress of the Co-operative Distributive Associations .... Paee 7 



United States. 



1 . — The Co-operative Movement in Wisconsin Page 10 



§ I. Early Co-operative Schemes, page 10. — § 2. Present Day Co-operation, 

 page 12. — § 3. A Suggested Plan for Co-operative Colonisation, page 19. 



2. — Miscellaneous News Page 21 



I. The California Fruit Gowers' Exchange, page 21. — 2. A Bill for the Establish- 

 ment of a Co-operative I^and Bank in the State of New York, page 22. — § 3. 

 A Bill to Establish a National System of Rural Banks, page 23. 



France. 



Work OF the Mutual Agricultural Credit Banks in 191 2 Page 25 



ITAI.Y. 



1. — The New Federation and the Federal Bank of Co-operative Credit Societies 



at Milan page 29 



2. — Miscellaneous News Page 32 



I. I/Cgislative Provisions in behalf of Consortiums for the Defence of Viticulture, 

 page 32. — 2. I^egislative Provisions in regard to the Constitution of Consor- 

 tiums of Proprietors for Defence against Plant Diseases, page 32. — 3. The 

 Number of Agricultural Co-operative and Mutual Societies in Italy, page 33. — 

 4. The Constitution of a Central Bank for the District of Brescia, page 35. 



