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giving instruction in agricultural co-operation ; 

 while the Notts County Council included in their 

 scheme of technical instruction for 1903-4, 

 among some " Informal Talks and Discussions 

 on Practical Subjects with Farmers," such topics 

 as " Farmers' Clubs and Co-operation," and 

 " Co-operation in Dairy Work." 



Cordial recognition must be given, also, to the 

 very earnest efforts which have been made by 

 the Board of Agriculture to promote organiza- 

 tion among the farmers of the country, and to 

 advance the interests of agriculture in other 

 ways besides. But while there is much that the 

 Board of Agriculture can do, the powers of that 

 body are necessarily limited, and it is undesir- 

 able in the extreme that the agriculturists of the 

 country should rely too much on the help of the 

 State in those particular matters where they can 

 very well act for themselves, provided only they 

 show the necessary initiative and energy. 



