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of goods, with the commission and railway 

 freight deducted in separate sums, and on a 

 regular day once a week the cheque for the 

 week's sales. This means simplification of 

 labour, as the flowers or fruit are picked 

 and packed direct, a note of contents taken, 

 and the whole despatched from the spot on 

 which they are grown. Of course this is 

 only possible when the supply is large enough 

 and regular enough to follow out this 

 routine. 



Here then is the opportunity for co-opera- 

 tion. Let a certain number of producers 

 combine and market their stuff co-operatively 

 a regular supply can be assured, and a 

 minimum of expense for carriage, etc., 

 secured. . 



At the Conference at Worcester (to which 

 allusion has already been made) the working 

 of co-operative societies was touched upon at 

 some length, and later on the points were 

 summarised in the W. A. T. 1 The following 



1 Woman's Agric. Times. 



