488 International Congress at Madrid, [sept., 



The aggregate imports of the principal cereals in each of 

 the past seven years are given below : — 



Harvest year. 



Millions of cwt. 



Wheat. 



Wheat Meal 

 and Flour. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Maize. 



I9IO-II 



1 00 -8 



io-i 



20'I 



i6'6 



46 "0 



I909-IO 



103*3 



io-8 



I9'9 



19*6 



34"6 



I908-9 



93'i 



iro 



22 *0 



i5'5 



39 "9 



I907-8 



91 "6 



13-4 



I7-5 



13-2 



39'5 



I906-7 



947 



13-2 



I9'5 



10-9 



517 



I905-6. 



94 "6 



14-4 



20-3 



i6*o 



47'i 



I904-5 



105-1 



10-9 



21 'O 



17-2 



42'3 



A preliminary statement as to the Madrid Agricultural 

 Congress, which was held in May last, appeared in the 

 Journal for July (p. 317). The follow- 



The International in g detailed summary of the proceed- 

 Agricultural Congress ings is based on an article by M. Henry 

 at Madrid. Sagnier, the distinguished Editor of the 



Journal d' Agriculture Pratique, which 

 he published in that periodical, and which he has most kindly 

 permitted the Board to utilise. 



The work of the Congress was distributed among eight 

 sections, dealing with the following groups of subjects :— 

 (1) Economics; (2) statistics; (3) surveys; (4) forestry; (5) 

 viticulture; (6) fruit culture; (7) breeding of live stock; (8) 

 manures. Material for the work of the sections was provided 

 by preliminary papers, the conclusions arrived at in which 

 were discussed, and formed a basis for the resolutions that 

 were to be the final outcome of the Congress. 



Of these resolutions some consist of recommendations, for 

 submission to the Governments concerned, with regard to 

 possible reforms; others are suggestions to landowners with 

 respect to improvements that can be introduced in the cultiva- 

 tion of the soil. The permanent commission of the congress 

 is charged with the duty of transmitting to the International 

 Institute of Agriculture, at Rome, the resolutions having an 

 international object, with the furtherance of which it is con- 

 cerned. 



Economics. — The first section was devoted to rural 

 economy. This included a number of subjects of considerable 



