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vice-presidents of the Agricultural Organization 

 Society) to group the farmers of the district into 

 an association for providing the towns of Newark 

 and Grantham with an "up-to-date" milk 

 supply. The milk is bought from the farmers 

 at a price which has averaged, since the society 

 was formed, 7\d. per gallon ; it is filtered, bottled, 

 and pasteurized, and the bottles, hermetically 

 sealed, are sent off to the customers, who find 

 this method a great improvement on the ordinary 

 practice in regard to milk supply. Between 

 January 1st and December 31st, 1903, over 

 12,000 gallons of milk were distributed in this 

 way, the farmers getting much better profits 

 than if each had acted independently of the 

 other. The association has now enlarged its 

 premises by purchasing an adjoining public-house 

 (the licence of which was about to lapse) and the 

 four acres of land adjoining. One room of this 

 former inn it will convert into a " cyclists' rest," 

 while another will be utilized as a library and 

 reading-room, representing a little centre for the 

 general revival of village life in the neighbour- 

 hood. 



My last example in this connection is that of 

 the Scalford Dairy, Ltd., an association which 

 was registered in April, 1903, for the starting at 

 Scalford, near Melton Mowbray, Leicester, of 



