INDEX. 



ADDERLEY, Sir Charles, 40 

 Agricultural education, grants for, 



151 



Agricultural Employment Board's 

 Bill, 1914, 200 



Agricultural Holdings Act, 68, 172 



Agricultural Ratings Acts, 1896- 

 1902, 150 



Agricultural Wages Boards : 

 Creation of, 253 et seq., 298 

 District Wages Committees, 



see that title. 

 First meeting, 256 

 Harvest rates, 1918, 297 

 Minimum wage, see that title. 

 Orders, 288 



Aldous, J. A., 273 



Allotments and Small Holdings : 

 Act of 1887, 82 

 Chaplin's Bill, 1886, 84 

 Co-operative Society, 165 

 County Councils, powers of, 



161 



Ex-soldiers' settlement, 310 

 Extension Act, 1882, 80 

 Glebe land used as, 80 

 Labourer's Friend Society, 



1834. 79 



Land Enquiry Report, 209 

 Liberal Party's programme, 



1906, 159 



Organization, lack of, 165, 171 

 Parish Councils, powers of, 136, 



161, 162 

 Popularity of, 81 

 Small Holdings and Allotments 



Act, 1907, 127, 136, 161, 163 

 Small Holdings Act, 1892, 137, 



139 

 Small Holdings (Colonies) Act, 



1916, 246 



Spalding Association, 1892, 139 

 " Appeal to Farmers," 1920, 317 



Arch, Joseph, 6, 12, 14, 28, 29, 31, 

 33. 34. 36, 37. 38, 4L 44. 45. 

 46, 5. 53, S 8 . 69, 70, 277 

 Death of, 299 

 Emigration schemes, 45 

 First meeting held by, 34 

 Grace Joseph Arch's grace, 



32 



Interview with, 1909, 173 

 Parliament, election to, 83, 



84. 85 

 Royal Commission, 1880-2, 



evidence by, 71-7 

 Arnold, A., 38 

 Ashby, Arthur W., 315 

 Ashley, Sir William, 315 

 Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. H., 243 



BACK TO THE LAND movement, 159 



Balfour, A. J., 251 



Ball, R., 61, 63 



Bankruptcy statistics, 1892-1918, 

 177 



Barttelot, Sir Walter, 87, 238 



Batchelor, W., 315 



Bateman, Lord, 114 



Beard, John, 142, 143, 144, 183. 

 257, 264 



Beaufort, Duke of, 113 



Bedford, Duke of, 74, 113, 154 



Bedfordshire labourer, conditions 

 before 1872, 19 



Bennet, Capt. E. N., 297, 299 



Bennett, Sir John, 40 



Bennett, W., 299 



Bentinck, Lord Henry, 83, 165, 200 



Berkshire labourer, conditions be- 

 fore 1872, 20 



Birkenhead, Lord, 232 



" Black Year," 1879, 67 



Board of Agriculture, creation of, 

 1899, 150 



Booth, Charles, 153 



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