THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XXVII. No. 3. 



JUNE. 1920. 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 



The Agriculture Bill was presented to the House of Commons 

 just before the Whitsuntide recess, and it is understood that 



every effort will be made to secure its 

 A ricultnrrBill P^^^sage through both Houses before the 



present Session ends. The Bill is divided 

 into two parts, the first being, in effect, an amendment of the 

 Corn Production Act of 1917, and the second an amendment 

 of the Agricultural Holdings Acts, 1908 to 1916. The 

 principle of guaranteed minimum prices for wheat and oats 

 is continued, the standard adopted being the one suggested 

 by the Majority Report of the Royal Commission of Agriculture. 

 The prices are to be based upon the following prices for the 

 standard year (1919), namely, 685. for 504 lb. of wheat, and 

 46s. for 336 lb. of oats. Three Commissioners are to be 

 appointed, one by the three Agricultural Departments, another 

 by the Treasury, and the third by the Board of Trade, to con- 

 sider to what extent the cost of production in any given year 

 has varied from the cost in the standard year, and the 

 guaranteed minimum prices for each year will be fixed 

 accordingly. Any payment due will be made after the end 

 of the March following, as under the Corn Production Act. 

 The Corn Production Act is made permanent, except that the 

 guaranteed prices may be terminated by an Order in Council 

 made on an Address presented by both Houses of Parliament, 



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