GREAT BRITAIN. 



AGRICUIyTURK AND THK WAR. 



OFFICIAI, SOURCES: 



The Defexce of the Realm Regulations. Regulation 2 M as to Land in Great Britain 

 XOT Cultivated so as to increase Food Supply. Amendments ir> Defence of the Realm 

 Regulations made by Order in Coimcil of March 13th, 1917. 



Tke Cultivation of I^ands Order, (No. 3), 1917, dated March 15, 1917, made by the Board 

 of Agriculture and Fisheries. The above are printed in Defence of the Realm Manual, 

 3rd enlarged edition, H. M. Stationery Office, I,ondon, March 1917. 



Circular letters of the Director Gener..\.l of the Food Production Department of 

 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to Comity Agricultural Executive Commit- 

 tees in England aiid Wales. The Jottynal of the Board of Agriculture, Vol XXIV. No. 3, 

 lyondon, Jmae 191 7. 



'nil-; Work of the Agricultural Executive CoMinTTEES in Bulletin No. i, Series B, issued 

 by the Food Production Department of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. 



Some account has already been given of the efforts made b}^ the Brit- 

 ish government to increase the production of food in the country. We here 

 attempt an analysis of the machinery intended to secure the maximum pro- 

 duction of the culti\'able lands. 



§ I. The EEGIS1.ATIVE BASIS of the organization. 



The existing provisions as to the cultivation of lands are based on an 

 amendment, passed on 13 March 1917, of Regulation 2 M of the Defence of 

 the Realm Regulations. This amendment gives certain powers as regards 

 Ivngland and Wales to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and as re- 

 gards Scotland to the Board of Agriculture for Scotland, which bodies exer- 

 cise their powers " after such consultation with the Food Controller 9S may 

 be arranged " and where they " are of opinion that, with a view to maintain- 

 ing the food supply of the country, it is expedient ". 



They may " enter on and take possession of any land which in their opi- 

 nion is not being so cultivated as to increase, as far as practicable, the food 

 su])ply of the country, and, after entry thereon, do all tilings necessary or 

 desirable for the cultivation of the land or for adapting it for cultivation ; 

 and for such purposes enter on and take possession of any buildings on the 

 land or convenient for such pur]:>oses ". They may " take possession of 

 any machinery, implements of husbandry or plant..., or any farm produce, 

 stock or animals... required for the cultivation of land or the increase of 



