INDEX. 



11. 



DONALDSON, JAMES, on behalf of the 

 National Farmers' Union, member of 

 Royal Agricultural Commission Com- 

 mittee, Oxfordshire County Council and 

 Chairman of Oxfordshire Small Holdings 



Committee, etc. : 11284-11793 



Character of evidence ... 11307-11310,11354- 



11355, 11412-11445, 11631-11636, 11723- 



11728, 11751-11753, 11758-11761, 



11765-11777 

 Agricultural Industry.teconomic future 11291- 



11297, 11298, 11762-11764 

 Arable cultivation, importance of ... 11296, 11298- 



11299, 11340-11342 



Arable land, conversion to grass 11294, 1131 1- 

 11315, 11357-11358, 11362-11376, 



11730-11746 

 Corn Production Act ... 11296,11468-11481, 



11564-11567, 11662-11664 

 Costs of production ... 11297,11300-11301, 



11683-11688 

 Diminishing returns, law of ... 11292, 11356, 



11384-11388, 11702 

 Farmers : 



Knowledge, education and training 11366- 

 11368, 11377-11383, 11515-11517, 



11524, 11648-11650, 11653-11654 

 and Prime Minister's promise 11564-11567, 



11662-11664 



Fertility of land, decrease 11338-11339 



Foreign competition 11302, 11501, 11594-11598, 



11677-11688 

 Guaranteed price : 



Amount ... 1142311445,1148211507, 

 1 1548-1 1.V.4, 11558-11561, i!580-11586, 



11638-11647, 11778-11784, 11788-11799 

 Need for 11346, 11359-1 1360, 11624-11628, 



11660-11661, 11689-11706, 11790-11793 

 Period ... 11317-11333,11541-11543, 



11600-11609, 11643-1 1047 

 Intensive farming 11292-11293, 11355, 11377, 



U389-1140I, 11512-11514 

 Labour : 



Cost 11610-11613 



Education 11651-11654 



Status 11523 



Land : 



Purchases by farmers 11714-11722 



Tenure 1 1C,;, 7 



Low prices, reduction of costs and 

 reduction of production as remedy 11 -92- 11295, 

 11343-11345, 11349-11353, 1135G, 

 11389-11401, 11524- ll.Vi; 



Milk production 11668-11671 



National Farmers' Union 11287-11298, 11412 



11421, 11620-11623 



Profit* during war 11335-11337 



Rents, increase 11505,11544-11545 



Rural depopulation 11295-11296, 11298-lllW. 

 11402-11411, 11588-11590, 11614-11017, 



11707-11709, 11747-11750 



Small-holders 11733-11736 



Wages ... 11294-11296,11300,11446-11467, 

 11518-11522, 11629, 11658-11659, 



11710-11713 

 World prices ... 11297, 11302, 11594-11598, 



11672-11688, 11756-11757 



DOUTHWAITE, JOHN WIU.IAM (Charlbury) : 



12604-12741 



Barley, cost of production 12696-12703 



Character of land and system of farming, &c. 



12629-12638, 12658-12666 



Explanation of figures submitted ... 12604-12741 

 Farmers' sons and daughters working on farm 



12639-12646 

 Fertility of land, decrease ... 12610-12611, 



12614-12620, 12679-12686 



Horse labour 12687-12689 



i. account ... 12667-12675, 12704-12712, 



12736-12741 

 Tractors . 12621 12G2H, 12650 12055, 



12076 1 207-1, r.'714 1271W 

 \Vhcat.costofproduction ... 12608 12609, 



12047 12649, 12719-12725 



GOODIKG, L. N., Estate Agent, on behalf of 

 the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture and the 

 Farmers' Federation, Limited : ...9383-9860, App. I. 



Experience of 9761-9766 



Arable land : 



Conversion to grass, danger of ... 9431-9442 

 Conversion to sheep walks and rabbit 



warrens 9678 



Barley : 



Average yield 9444,9494-9496 



Cash result of growing 1 acre, and 

 cost of production ... 9397, 9405-9409 



9575, 9713-9760 



Bird scaring 9514-9522 



Farmers' Federation, Limited 9840-9842 



Fertilisers 9495 



Game 9489-9493 



Guarantee, need for 9683-9690 



Guaranteed price 9412, 9470, 9505-9506, 9530-9536 



Lucerne cultivation 9523-9527 



Norfolk : 

 Estate in : 



Conditions and results 9443-9451, 9497-9498, 



9545-9550, 9673-9676, 9709-9710 

 Farm accounts 9384-9427, 9551-9569, 9579- 

 9662, 9691-9701, 9715-9760, 9770-9825, App. I. 



Rotation 9663-9671 



Farmers, position of and financial 



results 9401-9404, 9409-9427, 9430, 



9452-9457, 9462-9465, 9541-9545 



Ploughing method 9511-9513 



Oats: 



Average yield 9494-9496 



Cash result of growing 1 acre and cost 



of production 9397-9400, 9405-9109, 



9713-9760 



Prices and cost of production 9822-9852 



Prices, world 9507 



Profits 9419-9422, 9584-9600 



Rents 9537-9540 



Suffolk, farm accounts ... ... ... App. I. 



Weeding by hand 9750-9755 



Wheat : 



Average yield 9443,9494-9496 



Cash result of growing 1 acre and 

 cost of production 9397-9400, 9405-9409, 

 9471-9488, 9528, 9703-9708, 9713-9760, 

 9838-9839, 9853-9857 



HOWELL, HARRY GEORGE, F.C.A., Director 

 of Agricultural Costings Committee : 11140-11283 

 Farmer"' balance sheets submitted, nature 

 of, etc 11140-11283 



THOMPSON, R. J., O.B.E 9051-9382 



Agricultural implements and machinery : 



Home production ... ... ... 9305 



Prices 9051, 9125-9126, 9130-9131, 



9141-9145, 9246-9248 



Basic slag 9065,9099-9105,9117-9123, 



9278-9281 



Controlled and maximum prices 9253-9254, 9258 

 Farm Seeds : 



Prices 9051, 9085-9091,9128-9129,9132- 



9140, 9208-9216, 9323 



Supply 9051 



Feeding stuffs : 



Government control 9171-9196,9235-9236, 



9249-9251 



Prices ... 9051,9106,9132-9136,9169- 



9194, 9196-9200, 9217-9232, 9234, 



9261-9204, 9270-9277, '.1323-9325, 



9331-9334 



Supply ... 9075-9084, 9 106 9107, 9110- 



9116, 9342-9347 

 Fertilisers : 



Expenditure in United Kingdom on 90:") 1,91 24 



Freights '.1065,9335-9341 



Prices ... 905 1 , '.1000-9069, 9092-9093, 



9117-9123, 9132-9136, 9145A-9164, 9251- 

 9252, 9255, 9282-9285, 9315-9322 



Supply 9051, 9053-9059, 9067-9074, 



9098-9105 



Guaranteed price 9287-9290 



Lime 9297-9298 



Linseed cake ... 9075-9084, 9217-9232, 9272- 



9277, 9331-9334 



