1910.] Advance in Prices of Farm Products in U.S. 397 



The Commissioners suggest that County Councils ought 

 to do everything in their power to assist in organising co- 

 operative methods among the small holders they have 

 established. It is not enough merely to provide the land and 

 place men upon it to fare as best they can unaided, and they 

 express a hope that Councils will seriously consider whether 

 they should not make use of their powers under Section 49 

 of the Act and assist those societies which are endeavouring 

 to organise co-operative methods among small holders. The 

 Board have undertaken to give an annual grant to the 

 Agricultural Organisation Society, which has enabled them 

 to appoint three additional organisers, but this further assist- 

 ance only enables the Society to touch the fringe of the 

 question, and there is ample field for additional help. The 

 County Land Agents might be instructed to use every oppor- 

 tunity of urging upon the tenants of the Councils the import- 

 ance of adopting co-operative principles, and the Technical 

 Instruction Committees might pay special attention to the 

 needs of small holders in arranging their courses of instruction 

 in agricultural education. Advice might be given as to the 

 crops which can be grown to the best advantage in view of 

 the particular requirements of the markets. It is too often 

 the case that small holders with excellent markets almost 

 at their doors obtain unduly low prices for their produce 

 because they do not study their markets, and are content to 

 grow what they think best without any inquiry as to whether 

 it is the particular class of produce which is in demand in the 

 locality. 



The United States Congressional Record of May 27th, 

 1910, reports a speech in the Senate by Mr. Smoot regarding 

 the advances which have taken place in 

 Advance in the the prices of farm products between 

 Prices of Farm lg 6 and # The ices of practic> 

 Products m the „ „ 



United States ally all commodities have shown some 

 advance during the past few years, but 

 the products of the farm show a much greater advance than 

 do the prices of the products of mines and factories. 



Mr. Smoot stated that "Farm land in the United States 

 has advanced in value rapidly, and everything produced on 



