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from the fact that it was not from the commencement built up by 

 district exchang-es, consisting' of hjcal associations. It is, however, 

 hoped that all the ditiiculties so far encountered will be overcome 

 in time, and that there will be joint action on the part of all fruit 

 growers to put thcii' business on a pro])ei-, organized basis. 



7. Ea'tension of Movement. — ])uring the period under review the 

 following new societies were registered : ])e Vaal Rivier Ko-opera- 

 tieve Tabak Boeren Vereniging, De Kaffer Rivier Ko-operatieve Stud 

 Schaap Vereniging, I)e Kaap Co-operative Citrus Society, Marico 

 Ko-oi)ei'atieve Citrus Vereniging, Pietersburg Ko-operatieve Tabak 

 en Tarwe Vereniging. This biings the total number of active socie- 

 ties registered at 3Uth June, l!)22, under the Transvaal and Orange 

 Free State Co-operative Acts, to forty-five, and marks the cdose of 

 the period of co-operative extension under those Acts. The new 

 Co-operative Societies Act repeals all former co-operative legislation, 

 and the future development of the movement will take place under 

 the new Act. 



Farmers are to-day realizing more than ever that, in order to 

 receive a reasonable return for their investment of capital and labour, 

 they must resort not only to scientific methods of production and 

 labour, but also find the shortest route between producer and con- 

 sumer. Finding that individual efforts are of little avail against 

 the forces opposing them, farmers are beginning" to see that their 

 only hope of success lies in co-operative effort, each helping- the other, 

 and all working together. That they have become imbued with this 

 co-operative spirit is evidenced by the numerous co-operative organiza- 

 tions which, through voluntary effort, have recently come into exist- 

 ence in the Union or wdiicli are in course of formation. 



Owing to the non-existence of a uniform law for the whole 

 Union, expansion of the co-operative movement has hitherto been 

 retarded, as it M'as impossible for co-operative associations, registered 

 under the Companies Acts, to become affiliated to and join forces with 

 the associations registered under the co-operative laws. Under the 

 Co-operative vSocieties Act passed by Parliament last Session, this 

 obstacle is removed, and we can look forward to that combination of 

 forces among the different co-operative associations in the Union 

 which must be the ultimate goal aimed at, and which all genuine 

 co-operators have in view to-day. 



