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But Dr. Levy is able to tell his German 

 readers that "even in agricultural circles in 

 England the fact is now becoming more and 

 more recognized that the lack of co-operative 

 organization has been the reason why the Eng- 

 lish cultivator has not been able to meet foreign 

 competition in regard to articles of produce for 

 which the soil of the island-kingdom is no more 

 unfavourable than that of other countries." He 

 goes on to explain the aims of the Agricultural 

 Organization Society, and the successes it had 

 achieved up to September, 1903 ; and in this 

 connection he suggests that one of the main 

 difficulties to be encountered in England in 

 carrying out an effective organization scheme 

 will be found in the varying sizes of the farms 

 in particular districts, large, medium, and others 

 comparatively minute being found side by side, 

 and representing a variety of needs and interests 

 which it may be difficult to bring together on a 

 common footing. Another drawback to agricul- 

 tural organization in England, as compared with 

 Continental countries, he finds in the fact that 

 here the farmers are mainly tenants instead of 

 owners of the soil they cultivate, while they 

 move about more freely from one district to 

 another, thus often not acquiring the local ties 

 and sympathies that are found in rural districts 



