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An inquiry held in 1909 ^ showed that 1259 bull clubs 

 receiving grants from the State were in existence in that year, 

 of which 66 had been formed before 1890 ; in the following 

 quinquennial periods new clubs were formed at an increasing 

 rate : — 



1890-94 

 1895-99 



98 

 157 



1900-04 

 1905-09 



385 

 553 



Much more than 66 clubs had been formed before 1890, 

 but for one reason or another many of these had ceased to 

 exist. The development during later years was as follows ; — 



In 1909 it was found that 29,777 herds with 532,955 head 

 of cattle were in bull clubs, which was 16*5 per cent, of the 

 herds in the whole country, and 23-8 per cent, of the cattle. 

 An inquiry held with the object of finding in which group of 

 holdings, grouped according to size, the highest percentage 

 was taking part in this co-operative work, gave a similar result 

 to that for the co-operative dairies and bacon factories, viz. 

 that owners of farms of between 73 and 147 acres, that is the 

 peasants, were the greatest supporters. 



1 statist. Meddelelser, 4 Roekke, 36 Bd. 4 Hoefte, 1911. 



