THE ASSOCIATION OF THE AGRICUI.TURISTS 



development and progress of agricultural production in all its forms, by 

 means of competitions, exhibitions, lectures, publications and all avail- 

 able methods of propaganda and instruction ; d) to bring about and to 

 faciUtate the formation of co-operative societies for the purchase of manures, 

 seeds, machines and foods for live stock, and for the sale and conversion 

 of agricultural products ; e) to found or help the foundation of co-oper- 

 ative agriculturists' credit institutions, institutions of mutual agricultural 

 insurance, and other institutions tending to improve the intellectual, 

 moral and technical equipment of the rural classes ; /) to furnish the State, 

 the pro\ance and the commune with all required social and agricultural 

 information. 



The members of chis association belong to five classes : there are orig- 

 inal members, subscribing members, collective members, protective and 

 honorary members. 



The original members are those who pay an entrance fee of 25 pe- 

 setas (i) and a monthly subscription of 2.50 pesetas. 



The subscribing members are those who pay 1.50 pesetas a montli 

 if they live in ]\Iadrid, one peseta if they live in the country. 



The collective members are the institutions who pay a monthlj^ sub- 

 scription of 1.50 pesetas if they do not comprise more than a hundred mem- 

 bers, and add 0.25 pesetas to their subscription for every sixty or 

 fraction of sixty members additional to a hundred they comprise, until 

 they reach the limit of five pesetas which is the maximum subscription 

 for a societ}', whatever be its membership. Collective members who are 

 grouped paj' a subscription equivalent to the sum of their individual 

 subscriptions or a sum as to which there has been a common agreement. 



Persons who have made donations to the association of at least 

 500 pesetas may be nominated honorary members, as may any who have 

 rendered the association a distinguished service. 



Onl}^ an application for membership and the consent of the associa- 

 tion's council are necessar}^ to admission (2). All members, to whatever 

 class the}' belong; have the same rights and obligations. 



The members have a right to the association's support in any appeal 

 they make to the central, provincial or municipal administration, if such 

 appeal be recognized as well founded and as consistent with the general 

 interests of agriculture. They may buy the seeds, plants, animals and ma- 

 chines and all the other agricultural wares with which the association is 



(i) I peseta = 9 — li. at par. 

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(2) At present the association has 742 members, distributed as follows : z protective mem- 

 bers, 68 honorary members, 50 original membeis, 450 subscribing members and 109 collective 

 members. Among the collective members are some important institutions, as the Sindicuto 

 dc Policia rural of Calvira which has 2,321 members, the Fomcnto agricola dc Andalucia which 

 has 2,900 members, the Commidad de Labradores of Villarcal which has 4,578 members, the 

 federations of the Catholic agricultural sj-ndicates of I,a Rioja and Palencia which comprise, 

 respectively, 113 and no syndicates, and otheis. 



