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have within the last few years been advocated as a pre- 

 paration for war — which advocacies the great war itself, 

 with its gigantic demands, must have shown to have been 

 illusory. India has its dharma golas — very few of them — 

 for other purposes. But one cannot help thinking that at 

 any rate a little might be gained by farmers who might 

 choose to co-operate in grain selling after the American 

 fashion. And that the Irish are probably right in setting up 

 grain stores in their own country, such as, if properly handled, 

 bid fair to do much — since they have done so in Germany — 

 to accomplish the objects for which Protection was parti- 

 cularly recommended, far better than Protection, of " steady- 

 ing the price of corn," while at the same time securing a 

 better profit to the farmer, paying him money at the precise 

 time when he most needs it. 



Referring back to what has been said about specialising 

 in produce, there is some corn " breeding " likewise going 

 on in America. However, this is not a special task of 

 Elevators. There are other institutions to attend to this, 

 alike in the United States and in Canada. And, still more 

 to further seed breeding, prizes are offered in special boys' 

 and girls' clubs for the best lots of wheat or other grain 

 fit for breeding from, picked from their fathers' standing 

 crops, as has already been explained. 



In Germany, where co-operative dealing in grain is done 

 on a smaller scale, it is otherwise. It is just the co-operative 

 granaries which experiment and recommend it, so as to 

 produce a maximum production of the variety of grain 

 best suited for their district. In this work they have 

 achieved some success. The American Elevator Socie- 

 ties cover too wide an area to make such " breeding " 

 or selection practicable. Also, the quantity of grain that 

 they deal in is so enormous that there is plenty of room for 

 variety. The corn dealt in is also mainly for milling pur- 

 poses. Accordingly the point of " breeding " scarcely 

 arises. 



In the co-operative sale of live stock there is no occasion 

 for favouring or pushing any distinct breed. That matter 

 it is for a different class of societies to occupy themselves 



