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    A history of two Victorian farmer's organisations : the Royal Agricultural Society and the Chamber of Agriculture
    Barley, K. P ( 1952?)
    This study was made during 1949 to help estimate the importance of the effects of farmers' and graziers' societies on changes in Victorian agriculture. The history of two societies, the Royal Agricultural Society and the Chamber of Agriculture, is described, and is related to the activities of others. The entire period of Victorian farmer organisation may be followed in the proceedings of the R.A.S. and its direct predecessors, which were the first agricultural societies to be formed in the Colony. The R.A.S. has promoted the federation of country societies, and is closely related to the stud societies. Some evidence is given on two currently debated subjects: the effects of stud societies on livestock improvement, and the usefulness of the agricultural show. The Chamber of Agriculture is the collective representative of many single farmer organisations. In its history are recorded the decisions of its many constituents, and the changes which they have promoted or retarded since 1900.