EGYPT. 



BEGINlvTINGS OF THE CO-OPERATIVE MO\^MENT 

 IN AGRICULTURE. 



OPFICLAI, SOURCE: 



Annuaire STATisiiQUE DE l'Egypte (Egy/'^jaw statistical Yearbook.) Finance Department; 

 Statistical Division, Cairo, 1912. 



OTHER SOURCES: 



RiBET (J.): I/'Egypte ct 1' Association Agricole (Egypt and Agricultural AssQciation) . Published 

 in " Ls Musee Social ", no. 12. October. 1913. Paris. 



Michel (B.): I^es syndicats cooperatives agricoles enEgypte [Agricultural Co-operative Syndic- 

 ates in Egypt) from "I'Egypte contemporaine " no. 15. May. 1913, Cairo. 



§ I. Introduction. 



Egypt, as we know, is an eminently agricultural country. Indeed, it 

 may be said that most of its riches consists in agricultural produce especially 

 in cotton. The Egyptian cotton plantations alone now cover an area of 

 1,640,415 feddans (i). Besides this, Egypt is also ver^^ rich in grain, 

 \dnes, palms etc 



Agricultural labourers are abundant and cheap. The farms are divided 

 on a sufficiently sound system, very equally, without too great dispropor- 

 tion. In this connection, we reproduce a few figures furnished by Ribet 

 in his valuable work on Egypt. 



Distribution of Farms in Egypt. 



(i) I feddan = 0.42 ba. 



