Part I: Co-operation and Association 



ARGENTINA. 



MlSCEIvLANEOUS NEWS. 



I, — A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE DAIRY 



INDUSTRY. — The improvement of dairy cows and the cairy industry have 

 for some time been making considerable progress in Argentina. The favour- 

 able conditions of the country, indeed, promise a brilhant future for this 

 important branch of agricultural industry. What, however, is necessary 

 is the organisation of the parties interested : association, indeed, has from 

 remote times been one of the most effectual conditions of success in this 

 branch of rural activity. Agricultural association in Argentina is still in its 

 infancy (i), but, already, together with the promising experiments being 

 made in the field of co-operative purchase and sale, especially in the pro- 

 vinces of Entre-Rios and Santa-Fe, we also observe a tendency towards 

 association among the dairy farmers. 



We have already spoken in an earHer Bulletin (2) of attempts made 

 to institute cow-testing societies. We shall now mention an event of great 

 importance in connection with the matter. 



In a meeting held in the beginning of February at the head quarters 

 of the Argentine Rural Society, on the initiative of Dr. P. Berges, a large 

 group of representatives of the dairy industry laid the foundation of a 

 national association to bear the name "Associacion Nacional de l/ccheria." 

 It will become a member of the International Dairy Federation at 

 Brussels. 



The association proposes to undertake the defence of the perman- 

 ent interests of the dairy industry, to urge upon the public author- 



(i) See Bulletin of Economic and Social lutelligence, December, 191 3. " The Co-oper- 

 ative Movement in Argentine Agriculture ". 



(2) See the same Bulletin, April, 1914, page i. "Cow Testing Associations". 



