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placed in a position to procure these articles of the very best 

 quality and at the lowest prices." 



Among other developments of this action on the part of 

 the County Councils mention might be made of the delivery 

 of lectures under the combined auspices of the Worcester- 

 shire County Council and of the local co-operative societies ; 

 the inclusion, in 1903-4, of " Farmers' Clubs and Co-opera- 

 tion " and " Co-operation in Dairy Work " among the 

 subjects discussed in a series of " Informal Talks " included 

 in the Notts County Council Education Committee's scheme 

 of technical instruction ; the formation of a society at 

 Frampton-on-Severn as the result of a lecture on agricultural 

 co-operation arranged by Mr. Turner, director of agricultural 

 education for the Gloucester County Council, the lecturer 

 being an A. O. S. organiser ; the delivery in Buckingham- 

 shire of further series of lectures on " The Benefits of Co- 

 operation," by an A. O. S. organiser, in 1907 and 1908, under 

 an arrangement with the Bucks County Education Com- 

 mittee ; and the lectures arranged by the County Councils 

 of Cambridge, Lancashire and Wilts. 



As will, however, be shown later on, the statement made 

 in the second annual report, for the year 1902, to the effect 

 that ' County Councils have not, as a rule, realised the 

 importance of thorough organisation in agricultural matters," 

 remained, generally speaking, still applicable, notwith- 

 standing various gratifying exceptions thereto. 



Colleges. 



From various colleges came much support for the move- 

 ment, more especially in regard to educational matters. 



At the University College, Abe ryst with, some courses of 

 lectures on " Agricultural Co-operation " were begun in 

 1902 by Professor D. D. Williams, and in the following year 

 Mr. Augustus Brigstocke, honorary representative for South 

 Wales, and also a member of the Committee, presented to 

 the governors of the college two scholarships of the value 

 of £10 each to enable diploma students to pursue these 

 courses of lectures. 



