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a part in the work of a farm, they should have 

 an organization of their own which would enable 

 them to do what they could to advance the 

 welfare both of home life and of agriculture ; and 

 the example so set is one that might very well 

 be followed in Great Britain — as supplementing, 

 one may hope, an attempt which the husbands 

 and fathers will make to form for themselves 

 on British soil institutes akin to those of the 

 Farmers' Institutes of Canada. 



I would venture to suggest, also, that there is 

 need for the existing county and local agricul- 

 tural societies, Farmers' Clubs, etc., to revise 

 their methods with a view to meeting the actual 

 requirements of the present-day situation. It 

 will have been seen that, in a number of the 

 countries dealt with, agricultural societies which 

 exist mainly for the purpose of holding shows 

 and distributing prizes have been regarded as 

 somewhat out of date, and fresh organizations 

 have been set up either in their place or to 

 supplement their action. It might be possible 

 to modify any resort to this course in Great 

 Britain by a reconstruction, as it were, of some 

 of these existing agencies, and many suggestions 

 as to the form such reconstruction could take 

 may be gathered from the statements already 

 given as to what is being done elsewhere. The 



