I" 



l.c.VAf. COMMISSION 



Ai.lili 11.11 l;i:. 



,-'../. iyr.' . 



MM. J. M. CAM 



[Continual. 



<ti nl pr.idtn -lliill, Mil Mill I <v lived tllli 



IIIIIU'I 1*1 Ht old lIlKJKJMll, 1111(1 Ulllli li,. I 



Limit i^ni. ill.' mi .inplctonoM <>( lli 

 tlml 1 miiiinit hero, they are alrind it i> >nij< 



fur I In-Ill to |JO Illlllli'l III till' matter tllllll tiny h.Ho 



duno. I iihmit IHTII Tuliliw showing lli" prices at 

 tlitfurout ponixU of i. ii mil'. |irxlii( u j.i.>dii..- ! by the 

 (rmi<r nml nf certain materials which tho i 

 I. in- Tho olivioiu gap in UiU evidence in il. ii Mi. ... 

 in nothing to chow the ell. t "i i 



III tlll> l-Olllllludltie* which till' IlirllKT bu\>, "II till' 



iilliniui.- t <>l jiriHlui ti..n <.l ll in i- liidi 



ho nlU, find I am afraid that tli<< II .n. I me quite 

 iinnhln, with tho material* at tlifir dnp<wal, to link 

 ii|. tlnwo two things. In fact, we take it that data 

 on considerable ncalc mich a* tin -..ould 



wwh dn not oxiit, and I take ii that rhs> appointing 

 of a (>tingi Committee to im. ... ii- ih.it niaticr 

 boars out what I say. Accordingly, < thought tli.-it 

 a ittatnmont <>f this nort, such an 1 li.no pu: in 

 might possibly bo of omo little . !" Com- 



miioion I do not aay much if not directly, :it any 

 rate imlini-lly, in assisting tin-in to < hi-ek any in 

 formation li!rli they tn'iv rocoivo IIH to r.tni <>\ 

 iliirtinii from individual farmers or MMoUmoni 

 of farmers. I should odd, too, that I nrn hero purely 

 in an ofTlcinl cn|i:icily. simply to put in any definite,. 

 official information which tin. Hoard have. I should 

 also add that I \vill l)i- very clad indeed to take a 

 IK. i.- of any additional information which lln- <'->ni 

 tuition might wish und which lln> l!.>t:d mn\ IKI nhlo 

 to prepare lor them. IVrhaps I miglr rlly, 



run through tin. Tallies that I have [nit in if von 

 wish mi- to do that. 



879. If you please P (As regard* tho farmers' pro- 



I havo Mad extracted hen- from our 

 statistics the various prictw of wheat, barley, onto, 

 potatoes, fat stock, dairy CO\VH, milk, ryegrass hay 

 and oat straw, showing th.. a\cragn prices of these 

 commodities in 1913, 1918, and tho first half of 

 Mild, with u calculation thowing 'he im-rcn 

 for th" firtit qitart^-r of 1919 aa compared with 19J3. 

 A* Dr. Douglas poinU out, of coiirw. many of 



I piieiw; but whi'thcr they arn fixed or 

 otlieru !<, they \\.-m the prii.-s. | !. d liy the 



Hoard'* rniirket rnjiorterH, at which farmer* were 

 actually Belling their prodnri \ Ihe thne 



- iven, and jM.tMtoes, it, will ho noted that Ihe 

 incroascH of price* in 1910 on ' lln- 

 last whole pn>-wnr VMIT -Iv i^pial, Tho in- 



- are roujj;hlv round :il.ut 1.TO por cent. In 

 Table .'I i "i ie |ii>iidinn figure* are j^iven for fat. cuttle. 

 fnt nbei.p. and fat pi(;s, the increase'; running from 

 75 percent, and !K) pi i e.-nt. in the CUM' of sheep up 



n.siilerablv over 100 per cent, in the case of fat 

 In Table 4 you will find xot out the- average 

 price* of first-quality dairy cows. The in 

 in 1!)19 over lill.'J for AyrBhire in milk in 11H 

 .nl., and for Shorthorn ('rowM-H in milk 1 t'J pel 

 In Tiidle r, tho in "f milk in 



!?l t per cent. I may -ay that in all thoso T 

 nhicli are puhlislu^l in our nnnual volume .i 

 I Imvo taken what s<M'in to bo it he more impoilant 

 but if tb<< (VuniniKsion wiKh mo lo do -o I i-ould 

 amplify these not us regardi* the nature of tho 

 videtiie but as regards oilier commodities not 

 in the Tahlem. I did nrnt incliido them In i-atiie I 

 simply did not want to overburden tho Tallinn at 

 thin nl age with too much detail. In the same way I 

 i ferl ilivi-r-i- and feeding xtuffs, taking 



a few lyiiic.-i! of eaeh. Thoso : 



amplifv if the (\mimifwion wish. T can havo, corro- 

 uponding facts for other moteriaU extracted. In 

 Table !l I thought il ini(.'ht possibly be. of omo uno 

 ti the ( 'OIMTH ssioii if they had a record of tho 

 nial avera;-i> produee of the various cro; 



nid for thi> puriio-- of e.nii|iai i^on with tbn 

 actual produce in 191ft. It may 1>e of -oiee little 

 interest to noto in paiwing that, except as regard* 

 hay, all Uio avorago yiold* in 1!M^ were highei 

 tlu. decennial arora#o. not withntnnditi).' tin. difficult v 

 ngriciilturo wa* labouring under through f.borl 

 lalxinr. fortiliMNrs. and vnriou* othe-r things. In 

 lo show how widelv the yield I" 1 '' acre varies 

 in Scotland it varies CM M where, of course, but 

 porhapn more in Scotland than in Kngbind I havo 



jiut don u in np.ii.it I'.lniiuis the hightwt und 1uw*t 

 iuro aa returned to us ! 



H-. i.! ill i show* 



that i Id !! ' 



u nun and ix HI. 



ablii v anal ion. 'I'he liuit two 1'ages 



tlial pi lee* which u. : loi I I,.. |nl. 



ol tb- .K loi the IMMWOnH 



l!H7 !> and l!MK-|;i. Thtiie tractor ohargm, I Ul 

 kiiind fiom the Hoard's chief engineer, were baaed, 

 a* nearly aa could he .1, i..- at the time, on wh 



.Ji ul.-uted a I. n M. -i could run a i- 

 himscll The nubject, < 



liy, Imt I am . 'indeintand I. 



engine, r ih.it tlu^i liguie-, would roprcHen 



. the co^t that it H.iul-! larmer i; 



tin. tractor luiiiM-lt. The way in which lie put 

 me was thai, lie- laim.i Id probably do il 



i thoho figure*. I should explain tb.it it actually 

 coht the lloaul a hit more than thai. ! .ii,< of 



I < IK u instance-. 1 readily the 



iiihiiHiciency of thi-ao Tabled, but on H <-areful, if 

 ..in, u but hurr4ed, consideration of the malen 

 the lloanl h diiposiil -bort notic,. ubicb 



I know wa i.'u-vitable) it did m 



\\as any additional inioi n.. 



and ollicial kind whi'li we could n-. -fully put I 

 the Commi -si-iii, but, afl 1 .said heli.i. :. are 



any addi'tional inaterial.s .- can eslract. Cor you we 



will very willingly do BO. 



/ : In a pamphli t w In 

 IM us piihlishcil by tin- Una id "I 

 ciiltui tland thorn aro mime figure, *. 



on page .'i.'i und.r tin- of " Dairy I s 



-lit for the year i-ndcd ~"M! 1917," 



and i -us information, including 



given. I am not i in|ielcnt ito go into the <. 

 of that, but I hoo tho ngures aro published on the 

 authority of Mr. Wylle t iland 



Agriculture. I rd undei- 



'isihility in respi i i <il iln-m:' Thai i 

 so. In t'he Journal of the Hoard, in which 



s articles, thoro in an express statement that 



B 'id t il... no rs|)on(iiliil)tv for anything in a 



Uiited ai- that tncRO figures aro not 



[)llt forward b; typical 01 aiitheiilic in 



any , 



Is Mr. Wyllie an official of th. 

 ln> i.s an ollicial of I ' ' ' ,!lnie. 



Why I ask the i|Uestion is th.il 



particular farm '.( mile, fiom Glasgow which ho aayn 

 IK typi<-al of a large number of daily farm;,. l> 

 tliinK i: would be pos.ible for hii >uo else in 



his po-.ition, t-o get later i 



sh<iuhl think very probably Nl i . \\ylKe would be able 

 to f 'i " illl lie 



our Hoard in contact with n number of 

 gentlemen who could pretty quickly give us I 

 for fiirm- of ilillci and Kinds, or is tl 



mere accidental example? Mr. Wyllie i an official 

 of Ihe College, who 1 happen to know takes n 

 tiidcrablo inti te,( in the subject and docn groat dc*l 

 of work in get I inc ' why 



1 got him to write this article, but I am quite (turn 

 the Hoard, if the ( 'oniini-..ion wish it, i-mild |.< 

 suggest farmers who to our Knowledge do Keep 



its. 



884. With regard to your Table !>. the third 

 column. " Yield per acre": is that, nn nvera 

 di-li a\i'la^'e H\.I the whole of tho salon? 



The average for Scot hind? 



Yes. Mow do you get that avpragnP- I 

 ! upon evidence collected by our crop rep. 

 i ml in an iviiniHlc foi 



parish based on tb, n own Knowledge and in) 

 lion and in., t of them do make some pracl leal 

 I i m irish figuie duly 



idlii;- to the acreage, the 



up foi the district- and lei the ,.,.;n-i 

 whole. 



880. That in whal 1 wanted to know, wh. 

 a w. i (is. 



/'/ /(|,l/,//,M: With lefclelCe lo \ll \\'\llie's 



publication, that I think wns part of Ihe result of an 

 enquiry which the Wont of Scotland College made 



