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involved will require to be developed so that effective 

 representative bodies will be available from which the 

 representatives can be elected, and which can keep the 

 individual in touch with the statutory authorities. There 

 has been a remarkable development in recent years of the 

 organisation of both farmers and workmen, but a good 

 deal has yet to be done to create a corporate spirit. 

 Naturally, in the earlier stages of such organisations, the 

 tendency is to confine activity to the simpler issues with 

 a wide appeal, but as the organisations develop they ought 

 to be encouraged to widen the scope of their activities, 

 and to become more representative of all sides of the 

 members' interests. There is, too, a tendency to dispersion 

 on the technical side. The multitude of breed societies, 

 and organisations devoted to sectional interests are rather 

 bewildering. The active and progressive farmer finds 

 himself a member of a surprising number of organisations. 

 This makes the representation of the technical side of the 

 industry rather a difficult matter. There is not one 

 technique in farming, but several techniques, and not a 

 little rivalry and competition between the different 

 organisations. It is all to the good of the industry that 

 we should have this keenness for the promotion of different 

 phases of the industry. So far, however, as the general 

 control and administration of the industry are concerned, 

 there ought to be no conflict of interest, and it ought to be 

 possible to work out some method by which the technical 

 interests in the industry should be able to secure 

 representation on the authorities. On the scientific 

 side we may hope that as the industry makes fuller use 



