THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XXVIII. No. 6. 



SEPTEMBER, 1921. 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 



This Act has now received the Royal Assent and comes into 

 operation on 1st October, 1921. The main provisions of the 



« -n. J 1.. Bill as it then was were summarised in this 

 Corn Production , , „ , ^ i ^ . oo-. u. • 

 Acts (Repeal) Act '^^"''""^ -^^^o^st last (p. 38o); certam 

 ' 1921 * changes were subsequently made but these 



have mainly related to Section 1. A memo- 

 randum explaining the provisions of this section as regards the 

 formation of Conciliation Committees in Agriculture appears 

 on p. 488 of this issue. 



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On the 8th August, 1921, Sir F. Hall asked the Minister of 

 Agriculture in the House of Commons what steps were taken by 

 Wheat and Oats Department to notify the growers of 

 (Pa ment Claims) ^^'^^^^ ^^^^ their right to claim the 

 ^ ^ payments provided for under Clause 2 of the 



Corn Production Acts (Repeal) Bill; what period was allowed 

 during which claims might be made ; and what action he pro- 

 poses to take in regard to claims sent in after the expiration 

 of that period? 



In reply Lieut. -Col. The Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Griffith-Bos- 

 cawen. Minister of Agriculture, said " that very wide publicity 

 was given to th5 requirements with regard to claims in respect 

 of the minimum prices of wheat and oats under the Corn Pro- 

 duction Acts. A form of claim was sent at the end of May or 

 beginning of June to every occupier of an agricultural holding 

 exceeding one acre, and notices explaining the contents of the 

 form and emphasising the importance of the claim being made 

 before the 30th June were issued to London and provincial 

 newspapers to the number of about 750 on the 21st May, 

 18th June, and 25th June. On the 2l8t June, moreover, a 

 special notice was issued with a covering memorandum to editors 

 of newspapers, asking them to give it prominence. In deference 

 to representations which were made that many growers of wheat 

 and oats were unable to complete their claims by the 30th June, 

 (38891) P14/35. 11,250. 8/21. M. & S. A 



