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ber, and in some cases up to January and February, 1922. In 

 the remaining 26 areas negotiations have reached various 

 stages. Frequently area and constitution questions have de- 

 layed the discussion of wages, which has been deferred to later 

 meetings. The suggestions of each side have in some cases 

 necessitated further reference to the Executives of the Repre- 

 sentative bodies and have thus resulted in delaying decisions. 

 In certain of the few areas in which there has been any serious 

 difficulty, steps have already been taken for the early resump- 

 tion of negotiations between the two sides. 



Although the representatives of employers are in many areas 

 at present opposed to agreed rates being confirmed by the 

 Ministry, they have supported the principle of confirmation in 

 Cambridgeshire, Surrey, and Brecon and Radnor. The Cam- 

 bridgeshire Committee have already submitted their agreed 

 rates to the Ministry for confirmation. When rates of wages 

 agreed by a Conciliation Committee have been confirmed and 

 advertised by the Ministry, such rates become an implied term 

 of every contract of employment for the particular class of 

 worker concerned. 



In a speech recently delivered in Northamptonshire, on the 



occasion of the opening of the new Farm Institute provided by 



. ,^ , the Northamptonshire County Council at 

 Agricultural j ^ ^i, ix/r- • x c 



^ ^ , , Moulton Grounds Farm, the Mmister oi 

 l\iPS6arcli and 



„ , ^. Aoriculture and Fisheries outlined the 

 Education: The ^, . , 



^ . , Grovernment s policy with regard to agricul- 



Government's , , i . . x- 



. tural reseach and education. 



^* Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen said he was 



much interested in the Farm Institute movement, because he 

 was certain it was going to do great things for agriculture. The 

 Government was often criticised for want of policy as regards 

 agriculture, or for having too many policies, or too many con- 

 tradictory policies, or for changing policy. He had come to the 

 conclusion that they could help agriculture very little by legisla- 

 tion. They could do very often a great deal of harm, and they 

 had got to walk very warily if they were going to do much good, 

 but he was sure that by sound administration, and by promoting 

 the application of science to the farm, by giving bigger grants 

 and assisting in the establishment of places where research 

 - and education could be carried out, the Government would be 

 helping British agriculture to success in the future. 



