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One of the bodies in question, the German 

 Agricultural Association, has a membership of 

 13,000, and the 237 associations in Bavaria have 

 a membership of 56,000. Organizations such as 

 these ought, therefore, to exercise a considerable 

 influence, not alone on the economic, but also 

 on the political, position of agriculture in 

 Germany, and such has undoubtedly been the 

 case there in regard to recent legislation. 



From some notes contributed to the Journal 

 of the Department of Agriculture and Technical 

 Instruction for Ireland, for December, 1903, on 

 "Agricultural Co-operation in Germany," by 

 Mr. H. de F. Montgomery, I learn that the 

 total number of registered Agricultural Co- 

 operative Societies in the German Empire on 

 July 1st, 1903, was 17,162. This figure included 

 678 new savings and credit banks formed during 

 the previous twelve months (569 with un- 

 limited, and 109 with limited liability), and 151 

 miscellaneous societies, among which were the 

 following : — 



Societies for the purchase of Steam Threshers 35 



„ „ sale of Cattle 



„ „ „ Corn 



Wine-growers 1 Societies 



( ";it tie-breeding Societies 

 Horse-breeding Societies 

 Egg and Poultry Societies 



22 

 4 

 18 

 10 



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