THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE. 



The International Institute of Agriculture was established under 

 the International Treaty of June yth, 1905, which was ratified by 40 

 Governments. Seven other Governments have since adhered to the 

 Institute. 



It is a Government Institution in which each Country is repre 

 sented by delegates. The Institute is composed of a General As 

 sembly and a Permanent Committee. 



The Institute, confining its operations within an international 

 sphere, shall : 



a) Collect, study, and publish as promptly as possible statis- 

 tical, technical, or economic information concerning farming, vegetable 

 and animal products, the commerce in agricultural products, and the 

 prices prevailing in the various markets; 



b) Communicate to parties interested, also as promptly as pos- 

 sible, the above information; 



c) Indicate the wages paid for farm work; 



d) Make known the new diseases of vegetables which may 

 appear in any part of the world, showing the territories infected, the pro- 

 gress of the diseases, and, if possible, the remedies which are effective; 



e) Study questions concerning agricultural co-operation, insur- 

 ance, and credit in all their aspects ; collect and publish information 

 which might be useful in the various countries for the organization of 

 works connected with agricultural co-operation, insurance, and credit; 



/) Submit to the approval of the Governments, if there is 

 occasion for it, measures for the protection of the common interests 

 I of farmers and for the improvement of their condition, after having 

 utilized all the necessary sources of information, such as the wishes 

 expressed by international or other agricultural congresses or of con- 

 gresses of sciences applied to agriculture, of agricultural societies, aca- 

 demies, learned bodies, etc. 



