MISCELLANEOUS NEWS 



federation. The duty of the Committees is to discuss matters of common 

 interest in relation to their class of business, and to make proposals to 

 the General Congress in connection therewith. All the decisions of the 

 Committees must be approved by the General Committee. 



No important changes hav^e been introduced in the provisions relating 

 to the General Congress of members of the National Federation {DeutscJier 

 landxvirtschaftlicher Genossenscha/fstu''). which generally meets each year. 



In addition, it was decided to transfer the head quarters of the National 

 Federation from Darmstadt to BerUn, and this was done on October, 1913. 



Conformably with the ne\^ rules, the competent authorities have ap- 

 pointed as President of the General Committee and consequently of the Board 

 of Management, Herr Johannsen, Landesokonomierat, of Hanover, for- 

 merly Vice-General Director ; as first vice-president, Herr von Brockhausen, 

 of Stettin, Landrat ; as second Vice-president, Baron von Freyberg-Eiseu- 

 berg, of Zetzendorf . Herr Gennes, lyCgal General Secretary in office, has been 

 appointed Director (Anwalt). 



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3. — The .\dvisabiliTy of the co-operative viticultural societies 

 (winzergenossenschaften) selling their wdce by auction. — In an 

 article in the Rheinisches Genossenschaftshlatt, summarised by the Deutsche 

 Genossenschaftspresse of December 15th., 1913, p. 523, the advantages 

 of the sale of wine bj^ auction both for the farmers and the trade is 

 discussed. It is said there that the viticultural co-operative societies 

 (Winzervereine) , considering their sales, have not obtained as good prices 

 as the large viticulturists, as will be seen when comparison is made of 

 the results obtained by the latter by means of sale at auction and the 

 prices reahsed by the societies. 



Jhe average prices der Fuder (1,017 litres) were as follows: 



Prices Realised 

 Sales by Auction by 12 Co-operative Societies 

 at Treves of the Motelle 



— and the Saar 



Mks. 



Mks. 



1900 

 190 1 



1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 I9IO 



average for lo years 1.849 



633 



