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AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATION 



These figures, however, are not complete, inasmuch as 

 particulars of membership were not obtainable from 21 

 creameries, 15 agricultural societies, 26 credit societies, 

 i poultry society and 8 miscellaneous societies ; and parti- 

 culars of turnover were not obtainable from 18 creameries, 

 31 agricultural societies, 57 credit societies, 5 poultry 

 societies, 13 home industries societies, 4 flax societies, and 

 30 miscellaneous societies. The societies failing to furnish 

 statistics include new societies, societies not carrying out 

 any operations during the year, etc. 



Since the Society started, the total turnover has been 

 close on 22,000,000, included in this figure being 16,316,000 

 on account of butter sales, and 412,000, the total amount 

 of loans granted by credit societies. On its work the Society 

 has spent, altogether, over 100,000 ; but it is estimated 

 that on the co-operative creameries alone the additional 

 gain through the organisation is now 400,000 a year. 



It will be seen that the leading position in regard to 

 agricultural organisation in Ireland is still occupied by the 

 co-operative creameries, the success of which, indeed, had 

 led capitalists to set up proprietary creameries on their own 

 account, so that already in 1907 the Irish Agricultural 

 Organisation Society was able to report that the available 



