APRIL 19, ser 
TRADE =) NOTES. 
Ear 1918 the LA oe Wages Board 
сена a Committee, under the chairman- 
ship. of Sir Henry Rew into the 
land and of market gardens, in view of the 
cost of production under existing con шеа; 
and the present cont rices for farm a 
garden produce, and a inquire into the 
cost of living as affecting workers in rural dis- 
tricts. The Report of the Committee was pre- 
sented to the Wags Board on March 13, and 
has now been published as a Parliamentary 
Ра 
The Committee heard a certain of 
witnesses, bat their task was mainly “that el 
collecting, examining DN weighing rn ir 
of documentary evidence, collec Or 
by the Committee was widel u 
la ong farmers, with a view to obtaining 
particulare for each ps the past five years under 
the main items P D ts and. рас 
The results of t is part 
somewhat disappointing, 
being returned completed. 
present, how 
first part of their 
e ат collected of 
roducts апа of 
т costs and 
in 
онин “of products are in som 
3 nominal, the actual sales пас very small; 
j hile 6i the other hand uantities of 
| materi. and the amount of labour em- 
E "а m had dimini very subs ially. 
E efinite evidence on the financial 
. results of farming Taid before the it 
E was that dealing with expenditure and receipts 
зоп а nu г of far ‘including “tenant,” 
E home," “co-operative ” "апа **co-partnership ” 
farms. ‘eash profits or losses — the 
differences betw n axpénditare and eU з re- 
an gene dinary dive nn t 
_ tha was quens pum таве 
in 1917-18 “than before the wa be 
demonstrated. Th 
then the 
g oard’ 
which was not felt in 1917-18. 
port goes in some detail into the question 
of the rate of interest earned: by the farmer's 
the changes in ng 
n 
. position has. ‘apn 
. the Agricultural Wages В 
At of i 
on enforc 
ase of deed. 
1 ‘mane 
a receive - стает апа воын 
1 Sk umo: by the Committee. 
- The consideration of the changes which have 
of living of agricultural 
hich can now, be reckoned r 
аге 3ls. 5d. for ordinary оке», 
= both с 
THE GARDEN ERS 
to the Committee's findings, an increase on the 
ew reba: figures for 1914 of 83 per cent. 
е case of ordi 
in tj of ordinary labourers, 108 per oe 
in th of stockmen, and 88 per cent. 
both classes combined * The average eei 
th 3 
in the cost of labour to the farmer is, however, 
ae abo e 50 E vu he difference bei ing 
mainly of c , to the depletion of tne 
vánks ot labo M v war purposes. An interest- 
ing fact reveale sh Яз 18 с the 
effect of fixing m been sub- 
stantially to s ече the gap between a thie highest 
and the lowest paid counties, 
In the matter of the material for an estimate 
of the cost of living of farm workers the Com- 
mittee were more fortunat, te n in 
the first part of their PA By the co-ordin- 
t of Living of the x oce Clas asses, E hens 
possible in the result to secure a body of кос! 
hr d Пу ets of rural worker: 
for eek in June, 1918, to which ial 
over = 100 further budgets collected by the In: 
vestigators employed in the Inquiry into Wages 
and Conditions o Employment in Agriculture, 
relating to the spring of. 1918, constituted a 
valuable tete Nor was ther y lack of 
material Re “couse of retail prices 
of food а d ӨНӨР co dities consumed by farm 
nd 
workers and their на, the returns obtained 
from co-operative societies in the smaller towns 
and villages of upland svi ng an excellent 
THE LATE HENRY HOWARD. 
but by no means the only “ee of comparison 
in кеу ede periods under rev The estimated 
increase between a and June, 1918, in the 
expenditure of a ical farm worker’s family, 
date wages may 
have и, kept pace with cost of-living as 
measured by the expenditure of a typica Taniy: 
There were, of course, co considerable ifica/ 
in me 2m [е two periods, but the 
value ot substantially different. 
mauve 
Throughout the Report the Committee draw 
attention to Aes instabilit 3 all the a ta EE 
which they have had to and in 
ing the results they lay, emia on woe fact 
that they regard the evidence as a to 
support more t var ten ative Sy ima ons. 
is inconelüsiveness is inseparable from an 
panay made at a time-when conditions. des in 
o way normal, when prices p artificial, the 
ot 
n p 
result of Government contro 
competition, and when posting is restricted 
both by direct control ined by ер of supplies. 
The Report contains и; useful information, 
a it соно me = phatic assertion of 
need for further тим Беота it сап be 
айа "that the full doti "either т as s ‚ tne farmers’ 
or workers’ position are availabl 
Reports are extremely varied as to the ide 
condition of саала horticulture in Hollan 
Some reports suggest that Dutch nurserymen are 
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in a bad way and have асса stocks 
subjects as a consequence of f Men 
other re rts КЕ" that there are large stock 
ready for this connection, and in 
cthers, the канаа у As sociation has 
arranged to send Messrs. Bide 
R. Wallace, Herbert “Smith and Chas. E. 
Д to investigate and report. The party 
ril 25. 
will leave for Holland on Apri 
hapa John K. King and Sons, Coggeshall, 
ave received the Royal. "Warrant of 
Appointment as seedsmen to His Majesty the 
ng 
Obituary. 
Walter Thomson.—It is with deep regret that 
z record the death, at oe T angi di: red 
Mr. Walter Th 
of of 
ea for the past 17 iere yore to the late 
and pres Dukes of р irs veri rland, at 
Alnwick Ca de Mr. Thom a gardener 
of exceptional attainments, уг with wi vide and varied 
krowledge of practically àll subjects in hortical 
rh at his bes 
a former member of the Kew gardening staff. 
He was singularly sien and cage 
а} proachable to all eae: 
уо g his closer i p nd Fendi he 
vith а Roe 
warm e would regain his usual vigour 
He was attending to his duties up the d 
he took to bed, and although everything that 
medical skill and loving affection could do he 
ually sank and passed peacefully away. He 
leaves a widow, — apr and et sons, 
whom e deepest sy 
their great so 
Henry y e with deep 
kn odas x. ts 
died on Apel 7, aged 6 
of the BO ноен! Society; and a regular 
к t м уа and meetings of pii 
subscriber to the 
dones Royal Bonevo olent Sod: He cond 
he the eet Estate in a very able 
esteem in the 
odils 
RE Lilium tigrinum meral took place 
t West Thurrock on | Apri ril 
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CROPS AND STOCK ON THE HOME 
FARM. 
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AwoNG the root crops tha Ы тау ну be 
grown for feeding мое Sugar Beet 
sideration. It is also of importance at prese sent 
tà слата in what districts of this country iem 
e manufactur 
eadth «d A erve mainly e stock- 
feeding pur At the same time m 
La perine with a small area will supply us 
vidence as to the possibilities of is (n fons on 
rre sc 
A crop or at least 10 tons per acre may he 
expected, and there are instances where as many 
as 18 tons travo been obtain ed. To sow one ns 
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