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their attention to the purchase of supplies for members, and 

 the sale of members' produce was a new departure which 

 required careful consideration and judicious direction. 



The desirability of offering better opportunities for the 

 profitable disposal of eggs had long been great enough, but 

 it had now become greater than ever owing to the operation 

 of the Small Holdings Act. More people were being induced 

 to settle on the land, and it was evident that the keeping of 

 poultry would, in most cases, be essential to the success of 

 a small holder in helping to provide for him a constant and 

 adequate income. 



Here we get back to the two fundamental principles of 

 (i) instruction both in the production of just those supplies 

 that should bring in the most profit and in preparing them 

 for market ; and (2) the organisation of such marketing 

 methods as will ensure the producer obtaining the best 

 possible return for his labours. 



EGG AND POULTRY DEMONSTRATION TRAIN. 



Wide scope exists for increased instruction, the need for 

 which was felt so keenly by the Agricultural Organisa- 

 tion Society and the National Poultry Organisation 

 Society that in 1910 the two bodies combined in order, by 

 arrangement with the Great Western Railway Company, 

 to run an egg and poultry demonstration train on a tour 

 through parts of South Wales, this being the first occasion 

 of a trip of this kind being made in Europe, though agricul- 

 tural demonstration cars are, of course, well-known in 

 Canada and the United States. Concerning the results of 

 this trip the official who was in charge has reported : 



Nothing in which I have been permitted to share, concerned 

 with promotion and organisation, has had equal influence, con- 

 sidering the time and money expended. Wherever I have gone 

 since that time, at home or abroad, references have been made to 

 it. It evidently struck the imagination of many people, not alone 

 by its novelty so far as Europe is concerned, but its practical 

 educational value. Doubtless part of the success was due to the 

 great publicity given to it by the Press, which, in turn, was in 

 some measure owing to recognition of the fact that it was a 



