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Any surplus milk is made into butter, but no 

 speciality is made of this part of the business. 

 There appears to be some difficulty in the spring, 

 due not only to the extra quantity in the market at 

 that time, but to the fact that ordinary milk is 

 supplied in Worcester, at any rate, at 2|d. per 

 quart at the door. It is almost impossible to reduce 

 the price of sterilized milk during this time, the 

 cost of ice, etc., balancing the lower cost price of 

 the milk. 



It is calculated that, on the basis of the working 

 staff mentioned above, a supply of 25,000 gallons 

 of milk a year should yield a dividend of 5 per 

 cent. 



The Forest Supply Association, Ltd., as dis- 

 tinguished from the Vicar's Farm, Ltd., but with 

 which it is now amalgamated, deals with the supply 

 of feeding-stuffs, manures, seeds, etc., and is under 

 the auspices of the Agricultural Organization 

 Society. It has erected a tin store by the high- 

 road in a central position, where the secretary and 

 manager, Mr. G. T. Forster, attends daily. As a 

 society for purchase it promises to succeed, but as 

 a society for sale, which was part of the original 

 idea, the usual difficulties have been encountered. 

 The people will not be persuaded to change their 

 methods unless they see an immediate advantage, 

 and will not support co-operation unless they can 

 invariably go one better than before, and this all at 

 once. A great number of the small people or their 

 wives, as has been mentioned before, are dealers 



