CHAPTER VII 

 A NATIONAL COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURE 



IN planning an agricultural policy for Great 

 Britain I have started, as we have seen, 

 from the farm itself, enlisting the services 

 of the farmer, and the farm worker, with the 

 agricultural economist, accountant, education- 

 ist, engineer, or transport officer as copartner. 

 The unit of administration may be a county or 

 part of a county or counties, according to 

 physical difficulties or facilities. In certain 

 districts which may embody several counties 

 we may find it more convenient to take an 

 extensive drainage area, following the course 

 of a river from its source to its estuary. That 

 is a matter of administrative detail. The com- 

 position of the Committee is the most important 

 factor in production. 



The work of these Committees must be co- 

 ordinated, and a National Council of Agriculture 

 formed, largely of representatives of County 

 Committees, somewhat similar to the one already 

 instituted under the Ministry of Agriculture 

 Act, 1 9 19. 



A National Council is necessary to direct on 



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