8o GREAT BRITAIN - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL 



the food supply of the country ". They may " by notice served on the occu- 

 pier of any land require him to cultivate the land in accordance with such 

 requirements as the Board may think necessary' or desirable... ; and b^^ no- 

 tice served on the tenant of any land, which or part of which in the opinion 

 of the Board is not being so cultivated as to increase as far as practicable the 

 food siipply of the country, determine his tenancy of the land... ; and after 

 entry on any land arrange for its cultivation by any other person whether 

 by contract of tenancy or otherwise. An occupier of land may, with a view 

 to maintaining the food supply of the country, submit to the Board a scheme 

 for the cultivation of the land in a manner not consistent with the contract 

 of tenancy of the land, and the Board, if satisfied that the adoption of the 

 scheme is necessary or desirable for the maintenance of the food supply, 

 may direct that the land shall be cultivated in accordance with the scheme, 

 subject to any modification which the Board ma}' think fit to make therein ". 

 " If the Board at any time withdraw from, possession of an}^ land of which 

 possession has been taken under this regulation, they may recover from the 

 person then entitled to resume occupation of the land such amount as repre- 

 sents the value to him of all acts of cultivation or adaptation for cultiva- 

 tion executed by the Board ". " The Board may with respect to any land... 

 authorize anj' person or any bodj^ constituted by the Board to exercise 

 on behalf of the Board any powers of the Board under this regulation and 

 prescribe the procedure of any such body ". 



§ 2. The AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEES IN ENGLAND AND WALES. ■ 



a) The War AgricuUural Executive Committees. 



As regards England and Wales this regulation was completed by an 

 order of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, made on 15 March 1917, 

 which defined the powers of the War Agricultural Executive Committees 

 who had previously been governed by an order of 20 February 1917. This 

 new " Cultivation of lyands Order " states that " the persons who are for 

 the time being appointed b}' a county council of an administrative count}' 

 to act as members of the War Agricultural Committee for the county are 

 hereby constituted as the body to exercise the powers conferred on the 

 Board " b}' the regulation. " The body hereby constituted shall main- 

 tain an executive committee consisting i) of members appointed by the 

 said body, not less than four nor more than seven in mmiVjer, unless the 

 Board otherwise direct, and 2) of such additional members as_ the Board 

 may appoint. In the case of a county in Wales (inchiding Monmouthshire) 

 two of the members so appointed by the body hereby constituted shall be 

 the members representing the council of the county on the \^'elsh Agricultural 

 Council... An executive committee shall from time to time report their pro- 

 ceedings to the body constituted by this Order for the comity, but the acts 

 of the committee shall not be subject to confirmation bj^ that body... Ac- 

 counts shall be kept by an executive committee of their receipts and expen- 



