CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. RISE AND DEVELOPMENT i 



II. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER LANDS .... 22 



III. THE POSITION AT HOME 53 



IV. THE MOVEMENT IN IRELAND .... 74 



V. EVOLUTION OF THE AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATION 

 SOCIETY 



A. Earlier Efforts 88 



B. Progress and Development . . . .103 



C. State Aid and Public Approval . . .114 



D. Reconstitution . . . . . -125 



E. Devolution . . . . . .131 



VI. TRANSPORT QUESTIONS 140 



VII. WORK DONE OR PROJECTED 



A. Co-operative Sale . . . . .161 



B. The Dairy Industry 169 



C. Eggs and Poultry 186 



D. Sale of Live Stock 197 



E. Sale of Grain, Hay, Seeds, etc. . . 200 



F. Organisation of the Wool Industry . . 202 



G. Organisation of the Hop Industry . . 204 

 H. Co-operative Bacon Factories . . . 207 



I. Grist Milling 212 



