Agricultural Organisation 



Other societies and causes are supported by 

 large sums of money, but agriculture remains 

 a Cinderella, a poor Cinderella that has yet to 

 find her shoe ! 



The Agricultural Organisation Society has 

 300 branches, of which 134 are societies formed 

 for the purpose of acquiring land to be divided up 

 amongst its members in small holdings. Thus 

 it is directly encouraging the soundest of all 

 methods of increasing the number of people con- 

 nected with the land. It has also started a 

 system of credit banks which it is to be hoped 

 will grow speedily and flourish, and it is the 

 business of politicians, local authorities and 

 landowners to see that they do so. Especially 

 it is to be hoped that local authorities will 

 utilize this society when practical steps are taken 

 to organise and develop the co-operative move- 

 ment throughout the country; it is the only 

 body capable of doing the work effectively. 



For their work in connection with small 

 holdings I am glad to say the society receives 

 practical recognition from the Board of Agri- 

 culture in the form of an annual grant of ^1,200. 

 It seems almost incredible that this small grant 

 from the Government should apparently have 

 the effect of making some people think it is no 

 longer necessary for them to subscribe to the 

 society — it ought rather to make them give 

 more, for the Board of Agriculture contributes 



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