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International Agricultural Institute. 



have, by their devotion and ability, supplied within a few 

 months reports on agricultural co-operation in Italy, 

 Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Austria, 

 &c. These monographs, which are on the point of publica- 

 tion, will be of considerable service not only to Governments 

 but also to agriculturists who, willing to join forces and 

 find means of improving their condition, will be enabled to 

 obtain advice regarding the formation and organisation of 

 co-operative societies. 



The wCrk of the Institute at the end of six months 

 therefore includes bibliographical publications, monographs 

 on Departments of agricultural statistics, the organisation 

 of, and preliminary work relating to, the library, agri- 

 cultural and trade statistics, agricultural intelligence and 

 diseases of plants, and the elaboration of methods of work 

 throughout the Institute. 



The subject is too complex, too difficult to appreciate, and 

 at present of insufficient value, to enable the public to realise 

 its practical importance. The results actually obtained are 

 too fragmentary to attract and impress agriculturists, but 

 they are sufficient to indicate the activity and vitality of the 

 Institute. Agriculturists, economists, and statisticians will 

 find therein the germs of hope which will develop into faith 

 in a brighter future for universal agriculture. 



Future Results. 



It may seem strange to regard the future of the Institute 

 when its inauguration is so recent, its work scarcely begun, 

 its methods still vague, and when the results obtained have 

 not yet impressed the agricultural world. But the seed-time 

 precedes the harvest, and it is possible, now that the soil has 

 been carefully prepared, to estimate the full harvest which the 

 Institute will soon yield under the best conditions. 



What then can be the future results of the Institute? In 

 examining the scheme, the principal factor on which success 

 depends must not be overlooked. The International Agri- 

 cultural Institute cannot give more than it receives. 



