VOLUME INDEX. 



NOTE. A full iii,/fj; will bf jii-iiilnl when the rvideiire ix complete. 



BEVERIDGE, SIR WILLIAM H, K.C.B., 



Secretary, Ministry of Food... 23C4-2737 



Cereals : 



Fixing of prices . . . 2469-247 1 , 2482-2485 

 2o(l4-2505, 2511, 2514-2517, 2600-2603 



2606-2609, 2708-2715 



Position as regards sources of supply 2439-2443 

 Cheese, fixing of prices ... ... ... 2520 



Costing ... 2367,2422,2465-2467,2491,2521-2522 

 Farmers, account-keeping by 2400, 2401-2407, 2707 

 Feeding stuffs : 



Cost 2501-2503,2574 



De-control 2614-2621,2716-2733 



Guaranteed prices 2382,2489,2444-2452, 



2459-2460, 2525-2528 



Hay production 2499-2500 



Home-grown feeding stuffs and cost- 

 ing ~ ...2465-2467,2686-2693, 



2697-2700 

 Milk : 



Control, continuance question ... 2646-2651 

 Control of trade, proposal ...2382-2390, 2422, 



2472, 2652-2676 

 Costs of production ... 2391-2396,2637-2*345 



Depots 2611-2613 



Fixing of prices ... 2371, 2404, 2553-2559, 



2593-4, 2598-9, 2679 2685 

 Records, connection with yield ... 2397-2398 

 Ministry of Food : 



Fixiug of prices by, ee under Prices. 



Profit made 2736-2737 



Potatoes : 



Fixing of prices ... 2372, 2407, 2429-2435, 

 2477-2481, 2511-2512, 2514, 2517-2518, 



2630-2636 



. Profits 2508-2509,2634-2635 



Prices, fixing of, by Ministry of Food : 



proposed Baiis ... 24 1 2, 2468, 2540-2545 



Comparison with market prices 2577-2580, 2610 



Difficulties 2373 



Flat rate policy 2587-2591 



possibly too High in some cases ... 2474-2476 



as Maximum or fixed prices 2454 2458 



Methods ... 2368,24052418.2469-2471, 



248^- 2485, 2504-2505, 2546-2559, 2592-2603, 



2679-2685 



as Minimum prices 2604-2605 



Object of 2511-2512, 2518 2519, 2523-2524, 



2530, 2560-2562, 2584 

 Results ... 2380-2381, 2411, 2413, 2461, 2473, 



2622-2625, 2653-2668, 2703-2705 

 Transport 2507 



CAIE, J. M., Assistant Secretary to the Board 



of Agriculture for Scotland 874-1075, App. II 



Board of Agriculture for Scotland : 



Explanation of tables submitted by 941-945, 



875-879,884-886, 888-910, 916-918, 1025-1029 

 Farming by ... 934-937, 1006, 1021-1024 



Reporters 897-910, 1068-1071 



Tractors and horses 879, 911-915, 928-932, 



979-987, 1002-1003, App. p. 8 

 would be Willing to obtain accounts 

 from farmers for Commission 1029 1032, 



1072-1073 



Cost of production, tables 878, 926 



Cropping, increase but losses in harvest- 

 ing 690-897 



Fanners, account keeping 927, 1010-1012 



Fertilisers and feeding stuffs, prices 879, 946-947, 



962- 978, App. pp. 7, 8 



Grain prices ... App. p. 7 



Hay and oat straw prices App. p. 7 



Land, compulsory taking of 1041-1051 



Livestock prices ... ... ... ... App. p. 7 



Milk prices ... 879, 952-961, 1052-1057, 1060-1063, 



App. p. 7 



Potatoes prices ... ... App. p. 7 



Prices, Scotland 1913, 1918, 1919 and ex- 

 planation of table* 879, 941-945, 1025-1029, , 



1064-1098 



I81S8 



CAIE, J. M. continued. 



Small holdings 991, 1008-1009 



ex-Soldiers' and sailors' settlement ... 1004-1005 

 Wages, suggested source of information... 923 



989-990, 995-997, 999, 1000, 1033 1037 



Wylhe, Mr., article by 880-883, 887 



Yield of crops, etc. 879, 884-886, 888-910, 916-921, 



App. p. 8 



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

 the Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture and 

 the Farmero' Federation, Ltd. ... 4683- 4959, App. VII 

 Arable land, Board of Agriculture pro- 

 portion of cereals 4883-4885 



Barley, cash result of growing 1 acre 4689, App. p. 20 

 Corn : 



Average yield per acre 4689, 4804 4807, 4933, 



App. p. 19 

 Cost of production 4689, 4690-4093, 4903- 



4907, 4926-4933 

 Farmers, settled policy for number of 



years desired by 4708-4710 



Farms, size 4812-4814 



Fertiiity of land, decrease... 4688, 4694-4696, 



4732-473?, 4737 



Foreign competition 4770-4773 



Guaranteed price, amount ... 4705-4707 4840 



4935-4939, 4949-4956, 4959 

 Horse labour, cost of 4689, 4713-4728, 4779-4781 



1840-4877, 4886-4892, 4908-4916, App. p. 19 



Hours 4689, 4701-4703 



further Information to be supplied 4734-4735 



4738-4740, 4798, 4816-4823, 4895-4900, 4957 

 Labour : 



Cost of 4689,4783-4794,4824-4828 



decreased Efficiency ... 4742-4758, 4830-4838 



Education 4762-4769 



Working days 4783-4794 



Land tenure 4776-4778 



' Oats, cash results of growing 1 acre 4689, 4940- 



4948, App. p. 20 



Piecework .. ... 4832 



Ploughing : 



Horses 4689, 4697-4700, 4921-4925 



Tractors 4689, 4697-4700, 4878, 4917-4921 



Production : 



Cost of ...4687,4689 



Increase essential ... ... ... 4742 



Profits 4731,4736 



Wages 4751,4753,4824-4828, 



4836, 4842-4845 



Wheat, cash result of growing 1 acre 46S9, 4893- 



4894, App. p. 19 



HALL, SIR DANIEL, K.C.B., Permanent Sec- 

 retary of the Board of Agriculture and 



Fisheries 1-435 



Agricultural depression, 1885, 1900 ... 39-41 

 Agricultural policy of present Government 375-376 



Agricultural Rating Act 283-291 



Agriculture, competition of trade &c. ... 275-276, 



329-330 

 Arable land : 



Employment provided by ... ... 87-88 



Importance of large area of ... 12-13, 24-26, 



52, 84-90, 292-296, 345 



Increase 228-233, 264-265 



Level of 1872 desired 154-159,268, 



373-374 

 Cereals : 



Foreign competition 64,116-117 



Home supply 70-73, 234-235, 431 



Colonies, mutual arrangement re supply 



of produce 50-51 



Corn Production Act ... 1,16, 24-33, 222, 392 

 Costs of production : 



Decrease question ... 322-324 



Items 8,352-363,403-8 



War experience of little value 1, 216-219, 



248-250,317-319 



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