44 ITAI,Y - CO-OPERATION AND ASSOCIATION 



velopment of the co-operative agricultural societies for collective purchase of 

 farm requisites, a competition has been opened for the societies in question 

 legally constituted in the provinces of Perugia, Rome, Aquila, Teramo, Chieti, 

 Caserta, Naples, Salerno, Avellino, Benevento, Campobasso, Foggia, Bari 

 and Ivccce. Prizes in money and medals to the amount of 17,000,000 francs 

 are offered. 



A second competition, for which prizes for a total amount of 50,000,000 

 frs. are offered, was already opened by Royal Decree of August i8th., 1913 

 for associations and private individuals engaged in manufacturing the 

 produce of the plants of the citrus group und trading in it. 



(Summarised from the " Bulletino del Ministero di AgncuUura, Industriae 

 Commercio", series A, Rome, no. i. January 3rd., 1914 and., no. lo, 

 March 7th., 1914). 



