296 ENGLAND AND WALES 



So, in April, 1901, there was at last started a 

 really effective organization for the purpose of 

 spreading throughout Great Britain some 

 approach to the system of agricultural co- 

 operation carried on so long and so successfully 

 by other countries, which, availing themselves 

 of their increased production, were by that time 

 flooding our markets to a greater extent than 

 ever with their surplus supplies. With modest 

 funds that well deserve to be augmented, the 

 Agricultural Organization Society, operating 

 from its headquarters at Dacre House, Dacre 

 Street, Westminster, has already accomplished 

 a considerable amount of good work. The 

 objects of the society (of which Mr. R. A. Yer- 

 burgh, M.P., is president, and Mr. T. A. Brassey 

 chairman of the executive committee) are : — 



To secure the co-operation of all connected with the 

 land, whether as owners, occupiers, or labourers, and to pro- 

 mote the formation of Agricultural Co-operative Societies 

 for the purchase of requisites, for the sale of produce, for 

 Agricultural Credit Banking and Insurance, and for all 

 other forms of co-operation for the benefit of agriculture. 



The actual work of the society is carried out — 



(1) By sending organizers to address meetings and to 

 give advice as to the proper course to be pursued in the 

 formation of local societies. 



(2) By providing model rules which have been found 

 by experience to be the best working rules for all similar 

 societies. 



