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was able to build extensive premises for itself, 

 and these had to be further enlarged in 1900. 

 They now cover two acres of ground in Buda- 

 pest. There are received daily at this central 

 creamery close on 9,000 gallons of milk from 

 100 farms. Of this quantity 3,250 gallons are 

 sold to householders either from branch shops or 

 from milk-carts ; 4,000 gallons are delivered to 

 public institutions and wholesale customers, and 

 the remainder is used for cream or butter. The 

 total sum paid to the members for the milk 

 supplied by them, plus profits on the business 

 after the payment of expenses, comes to 

 £80,000 a year. 



Another development of special interest to 

 British growers is the Hungarian Farmers' Co- 

 operative Society for supplying produce for sale 

 in the market-halls of Budapest. Created on the 

 initiative of the Hungarian National Agricul- 

 tural Society, this organization advises its mem- 

 bers as to the kinds of produce most likely to 

 find purchasers on the markets, gives practical 

 guidance in respect to growing, packing, and 

 despatch, receives the produce in Budapest, 

 supervises storage and sale, and remits the pro- 

 ceeds of such sale to the producer, less a small 

 charge for expenses. The business thus done by 

 the society for its members represents a turn- 



