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societies and associations may be represented by delegates, the 

 same subscription being payable for each delegate. Copies of 

 the reports and other publications of the Congress will be fur- 

 nished gratuitously to each member. 



The Congress will comprise public meetings as well as private 

 sittings of the various sections and sub-sections, and members 

 can also take part in the excursions and visits which will be 

 arranged to places of agricultural interest. The work of the 

 Congress will be divided among eleven sections, as follows : — 



Section I. — Rural economy; associations; personal credit; 

 mortgages ; agricultural statistics ; means of communication and 

 trade in their relation to agriculture and forestry ; international 

 agreement as to the price of the products of agriculture and 

 forestry ; rural hygiene ; agricultural insurance. 



Section 2. — Education in agriculture and forestry ; experi- 

 ments, including the cultivation of peat land. 



Section 3. — Labour and cultivation ; agricultural machinery 

 and implements. 



Section 4. — Breeding of live stock and veterinary matters, in- 

 cluding dairying, poultry-keeping, bee-keeping and silkworm 

 culture. 



Section 5. — Improvements in agriculture and forestry ; irriga- 

 tion and draining, control of streams, agricultural operations, 

 protection against injury from torrents and avalanches. 



Section 6. — Agricultural industries (sugar, alcohol, starch, oil, 

 beer, and malt) ; the utilization of wood. 



Section 7. — Insects and fungi. 



Section 8. — Forestry. 



Section 9. — Fish-breeding. 



Section 10. — Vine growing. 



Section 11. — Fruit and vegetable growing; horticulture; 

 utilization of fruit and vegetables. 



The rules of the Congress provide that reports and communi- 

 cations intended to be read must be submitted to the Executive 

 Committee before ist December, 1906 ; they should be as con- 

 cise as possible, and their conclusions should be of sufficient 

 general importance to merit discussion by an international 

 assembly. The German, French, Italian, and English languages 

 will be recognised for purposes of discussion. 



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