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society has had excellent leaders in its president, 

 Mr. R. A. Yerburgh ; its chairman of committee, the 

 Hon. T. A. Brassey ; and its members of committee, 

 including Lord Wenlock, Mr. C. Adeane, Mr. A. Brig- 

 stocke, Mr. N. Buxton, Mr. E. J. Cheney, the Rev. G. 

 F. Eyre, Mr. H. C. Fairfax - Cholmeley, Mr. W. Fitz- 

 herbert - Brockholes, Colonel C. W. Long, Mr. Rouse 

 Orlebar, and Mr. H. W. Wolff, with the most energetic 

 of secretaries in Mr. J. Nugent Harris. 



The progress made in the short time which has 

 elapsed since the formation of this society is indicated 

 by the fact that the number of local organizations 

 affiliated with the central body in the autumn of 1905 

 was no, the total being made up as follows : Societies 

 established for the supply of requirements and sale of 

 produce, 76 ; dairy, bottled milk, and cheese-making, 9 ; 

 rural industries, 4 ; allotments and small holdings, 4 ; 

 village credit societies, n ; auction market, i ; fruit- 

 grading, i ; motor service societies, 2 ; County Pig 

 Insurance Association (which already includes forty- 

 four branches), i ; Agricultural Co-operative Federation, 

 Limited, I.* 



There is, of course, still vast scope for the energies of 

 the society, if the entire country is to be covered with 

 a network of organization. The principle adopted, 

 however, has been that of ' slow but sure '; care has 

 been taken to make the foundations firm, solid, and 

 comprehensive, and the rate of actual progress has 

 been fully equal to the somewhat limited resources of a 

 society that, as one conferring a real benefit on the 

 agricultural interests of the country, is deserving of a 



* In October, 1905, the formation of a Scottish Agricultural 

 Organization Society was decided on at a meeting held in Dowell's 

 Rooms, Edinburgh, under the presidency of Sir John Gilmour, 

 Bart., various guarantors having put down their names for a total 

 of ^93 for the next three years. 



