THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XXVII. No. 9. 



DECEMBER, 1920. 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 



In consequence of repeated applications from agriculturists 

 throughout the country for a verbatim report of the Minister's 



The Minister's ^P®^^^ Leicester, on 16th October, the 

 _ t- . M. Speech is printed in extenso on pp. 816 

 Speech at Leicester. ^ ^ ^ . , -i 1 1 / i 



^ to 830. Reprints are available tree ot 



charge on application to the Ministry's Office, 3, St. James's 

 Square, London. S.W.I. 



On 23rd December last, Royal Assent was given to the 



Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act, 1919,* a measure 



m, — - framed to reorganise, on more efficient and 



The Formation of ' . ^ 



fn Tit A • It 1 ^initorm lines, the machinery tor dealing 



Comniittees ^^^^"^ agricultural matters. The first and 

 second parts of the Act provide for the 

 substitution of a Ministry in place of the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries, and for the establishment of Councils of Agri- 

 culture for England and Wales, as well as an x^gTicultural 

 Advisory Committee. 



It is with Part III of the Act that this note is concerned. 

 This Part requires that every County Council shall establish 

 an Agricultural Committee, of which not less than two-thirds 

 of the members are to be appointed by the County Council, 

 although they need not all be members of the Council, the 

 remainder being appointed by the Minister. In practice, the 

 majority of Councils have accepted a suggestion made by the 

 Ministry that a proportion of the members to be appointed 



♦Notes explaining- the main provisions of this Act appeared in this 

 Journal, January, 1920, p. 962, and February, 1920, p. 1129. 



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