THE CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING OP AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE 



districts are incoqjorated and doing business under the former of the Acts 

 we have cited, while those outside the fruit growing districts are governed 

 by the " Farmers' Co-operative Societies Act, 1914 ". 



Hitherto the Department of Agriculture has supported these organi- 

 zations only by its propaganda work. All the organization in the fruit 

 growing districts has been approved by the department but is due to private 

 initiative. Outside these districts the department has given some help in 

 that it has held meetings to explain the nature and purpose of the co-oper- 

 ative organization (i). 



(i) For informatiou as to the proviuc of Quebec we refer the reader to the article entitled 

 " The Dairy Industry in the Province of Quebec and Co-operation " in our issue for August 191 6 , 

 page 5, which gives an account of the Co-operative Society of Cheesemakers of Quebec, and to 

 page 40 of our issue for July 1916, where under the title " Co-operation in Quebec " we give 

 some data as to the co-operative agricultural associatiou, formed chiefly by tobacco planters, 

 in the Yamaska Valley. There exist also in Quebec the Pure Maple Sugar and vSyrup Producers' 

 Agricultural Co-operative Association ; and the Quebec Seed Growers' Co-operative Associa- 

 tion, which was established in 1914, owns large warehouses, and has a capital of more than 

 $ 22,800 which will reach $ 30,000 and has been subscribed by more than 200 members. This 

 latter society owns plant of the most modem description for treating and testing seed. 



