II. 



INDKX. 



HALL, SIR DANIEL, K.C.B. 

 Cultivation, form of 

 1 \ service officers mid mco 

 EXOM profits 

 Farm managers ... ... 



Farmers, extent of efficiency 



Fruit and market gardening 



145,377 

 ...... 226, 2!' 1 .' 



... 



... 224-225, 251- 



252, 278-279 

 ... 87-88, 125- 127, 



879-881,891 

 Guaranteed prices : 



the Bvat method of safeguarding 

 employers ...... 111-114,253256,316 



for Cereals onlv 02-64.71 75, 1 16-127, 30n 

 Connection with minimum wage ... 4,34-37, 



10-2-108,417-418 

 Fixing of, and basis ... 10. 14-15, 49, 54-61, 



110, 144-160, If.:. 

 Future... ' ......... 60-61,190-195 



Government promise of 20th Nov., 



1918 ............... 27-33,212 



Importance of, necessary variation 



with site of farm not agreed to ... 66-69 

 Necessity for .. ....... 315,384,420 



Object of ... 3, 4, 5, 11-10, 183-189, 206, 



267-258, 398 

 not Operative ............ 198,220 



Redaction ............ 397-402 



as Ruling prices not intended ...2, 6, 10, 181 



Value to owner of lanil ... ... 196 



Holbeacb farm colony ... ... ... 337-339 



Housing ............... 269 



Inefficient farming, State action ...... 223,267 



Intensive methods ............ 259-263 



Labour, condition as to number of 

 workers per acre ......... 428-430,432 



Land : 



Sales ............ 200-205,342 



Tenure ...... 207-2 1 0, 340-34 1 , 348-349 



l^arge farms with sub-managers, &c. ... 331-332 



Machinery ............... 81-82 



Meat production ...... 64,118-121,302-303 



Milk production ......... 64,124,304-305 



Minimum living wage" ... ... ... 76 



Minimum rates of wages : 



as Actual rates not intended ... 2, 6, 137, 



174, 395-396, 399 -401, 421-424 

 not a Bargain between farmers and 

 Government ......... 116-117,848.416 



Connection of guaranteed prices with 4, 34-37, 



102-108,417-418 



Fixing of, and basis ... 4, 14-15, 36, 47-48, 

 54-59, 99-101, 109-116, 143-14'J, 234, 235, 



326-328, 367-372, 394, 416 

 Prices: 



Control ............... 297-298 



Fixing of, difficulty ... 3,181,213215,420 

 Rents ......... 45,199,283-91,342,347 



Rural dapopulation ......... 78-83 



Smallholdings ......... 271-274,333-335 



Transport ............... 391 



Wages: 



Connection with production ...... 96-97 



Good, importance of ... 91-98, 269-270, 427 



Minimum rates, tr tlml li/le nlmre. 



Sliding scale, difficulties ... 38,45,40, 



350-351,410-412 



Wages Boards 128 137, 108 173.280-282,306-309 

 War Agricultural Committees ...... 228-233, 



264-265, 434-4 3:, 

 Wheat cultivation ............ : .|f. 



World prices, future coarse of ... 3 1 ( I 3 1 5, .'tHH 



HOWELL, HARRY (H:<m<;r., F.C.A., Director 

 of Agricultural Costs ui.der Agricultural 

 Costings Committee ............ 1076 1321 



Agricultural Costings Committee, consti- 



tution objects and work of ...... 1076 1 :'.-' I 



Agricultural Wages Board 1 123-1 12'., 1212-1214 

 Cost accounts, method, basis, etc. ... 1117,1168- 



1 104, 1204, 1218, 1264-1268, 1287-1318 

 Farmers' accounts : 



Cost ... 1117,1135-1141,1119-1121,1158- 



1164, 1275-1286 

 Financial ... 1 113-1 1 16, 1151 -1154, 1175- 



117*. 1257-1259, 1260-1264 

 Vulue of food consumed ll.'i* 1159,1254- 



1 2. r .0. 1 269 1-J74 

 Milk prixliictioi ............. 1224 



LAWRENCE, W. T.. Principal of the Newton 

 Rigg Cumberland and Westmorland Farm 

 School, near Penritli ...... 2i*| '.Mil:!. App. I V 



Cheese making ......... 2316 -2317. '.We' 



Cows : 



Loss on account of depreciation ... 2 1'.U -_-"-' 

 Be*ringof ... 2093-2096,2138-2143. 



2189,2289-2291 

 Farm account, 1918-1 '.I ......... App. p. i:i 



Milk production : 



Cost of production :iml profit 2147-214'.!, 



8141-1164,2179 2ini. 2211:1 22:<6, 2242 

 2264,2273 2275. 2321 2323. 2343-234'.i. 



App. p. 12 

 Guaranteed price advocated ...... 23..- 2361 



Improvement in qualities of herds, 

 possibility ............ 2324-2328 



Labour ... 2150-2153, 2169-2174, 2220-2222, 



2237-2241, 2287-2292, 2318-232O 

 Milking machines ......... 23322334 



Ministry of Food prices, question of 

 profit on ............ 2350-2355 



Prices ......... 2136-2137,2175-2177 



Records ............... 2329-2331 



Yield ... 2107-2122, 2245-2252, 2270 2271, 



2270 227!', 2282, 2312- 231.'. 

 Newton Rigg Cumberland and Westmor- 

 land Farm School, class of work, costs, 

 profit, etc. ...... 20*6-2357, App. p. 13 



MIDDLETON, sir THOMAS H., K.B.E., C.B., Develop- 

 ment Commissioner ... ... 2'.'7f)-3551, App. V 



Appointments held by, and experience of 3140-3141 

 Agricultural Holdings Act ...... 3338 333'.' 



Agricultural rating ............ 3004,3011 



Arable cultivation, importance of in- 



creasing ............... 3151-3152 



Arable lands : 



Conversion of grass to .'.144, 3236, 3249-3251, 



3268-3269, 3322-3328, 34'J* 3:,oi 



Rearing of stock on 3248, 3518-3522, 3533-3534 



Building, cost of ............ 3114-3116 



Calves, rearing of ... 3417-3426, 3519, 3520 3531 

 Capitalisation 2995, 3011, 3450-3451, 3481-:!-|s I 



Cereals, acreages 2982, 2984, 3010, 3226, 3385-33XK 

 Corn cultivation, importance of ... ... 3502-3504 



Costs of production : 



Estimates re small number of fields 

 and farms misleading ...... 3355- 33fT> 



Farmers' remuneration ... ... 3148-3150 



Method of arriving at ...... :$:!'.' 



Value of farmers' balance sheets ... 3217 :1222 

 Cultivation, bad condition ...... 3523-3525 



Draining ............... 3007-3011 



Farmers : 



Education of ............ 3537-3538 



Inefficiency of 3U32-3034, 3064, 3229-3230, 3233 

 bad Farming ... 2990,3011,3028-3034,3064 



Farms, size ... 2997, 3011, 3035-3039, 3126-3128, 



Germany, agricultural conditions 3080-3081, 3087- 



3089,3212-3213,3548 3.V.1 

 Guaranteed price: 



Amount 2!>1 2!'3. :!010, 30J7- 3(160. W,-< 

 3070, 3153, 3177-3183, 3288-3289, 



3313-3321,3335-3336,: 

 Need for 8168-3164,3182-3183,3243 .'.216. 



; ::266 .-,273, 3312. :',32!" 3334 

 Oats and barloy must be included ... 3510 3511 

 not Sufficient alone to increase tillage .'lixif,. 



8011,3098,3104,8146 

 Hedges and ditches ......... 32143210 



I liirneH, cost of keeping ......... 3402 3l7n 



Income tax, proposed abatements, etc. 3001-3303, 

 30(10 3'io7. 3oii, :;ois, :;o;is 3106, 



.-,-.t230.32:>S 32t;2,:;i!M.3:,3'.' 

 labour ... ' 30)1,31. .166- 



3168, 3223-3224, 32H-s .-.3O1 

 Und: 



Improvement of 29H6, 3090-3094, 3339, 



3i:,2 .".).>) 



Ownerxliip by fnrmers ... 3252-325(1,320] 



Tenure anl Kuk-x ... 301.'. 3047. 



.",242, 3240 3247, 

 Liming ............... 3011 



