272 IRELAND 



A " Department of Agriculture and Technical 

 Instruction for Ireland ' : was duly created on 

 what (but for legal phraseology) were identically 

 the same lines as those proposed by the report 

 of the Recess Committee. The Department 

 works in cordial sympathy with the Organiza- 

 tion Society, and such sympathy is well justified 

 by the fact that if the Organization Society had 

 not already been in existence, and laid so well 

 the foundations of the new movement, it would 

 have taken the Department at least another 

 five years to attain to the position it occupies 

 to-day. 



The work of setting up co-operative cream- 

 eries in Ireland has been greatly facilitated of 

 late years by the fact that they can be established 

 without imposing any serious financial burden 

 on those concerned. The initial cost may be 

 from £1,300 to £1,500 for a creamery fitted 

 with the requisite machinery of a modern type ; 

 but, as a rule, it will not be necessary to make a 

 call on the members for more than 10s. each (in 

 some cases only 5s. each is paid), the remainder 

 of the cost being met out of the subsequent 

 profits. 



The trade done by the Irish creameries now 

 represents a total of £1,000,000 the year. The 

 number of Dairy Societies and Auxiliaries in 



