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a supply of 1,000 gallons per hour had been 

 obtained. 



The most striking proof of all, however, of the 

 progress that agricultural co-operation is making 

 in Worcestershire is afforded by the recent 

 formation — with Stourport as its headquarters 

 — of the " Midland Counties Agricultural Supply 

 Association, Ltd." This society is the outcome 

 of opposition to the alleged "ring" of implement 

 dealers in the Midlands, whose policy the 

 Worcestershire Chamber of Agriculture, in con- 

 junction with the Agricultural Organization 

 Society, decided to try to checkmate. A sub- 

 committee was appointed to go into the whole 

 matter, and then the business of a local firm 

 of implement-makers was bought up, and con- 

 verted into a co-operative undertaking. The 

 amount of business done by the association since 

 it was formed is regarded as most satisfactory, 

 and the " ring " is considered to have received a 

 serious set-back in the Midland Counties. 



There are many other interesting phases of the 

 general movement in England, but 1 must now 

 content myself with only two further examples. 

 One of these is that of the Newark Dairy, Ltd., 

 at Long IJennington, Lincolnshire, which re- 

 presents the result of a very persistent effort 

 made by Mr. W. L. Charleton (now one of the 



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