THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XXIX. No. 4. 



JULY, 1922 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 



The Report on the Prices and Supplies of Agricultural Produce 

 in 1921, which has now been issued by the Ministry, forms the 

 Prices and Supplies ™ rd *f concluding Part of the Ministry's 



of Aeri ult al Agricultural Statistics tor 1921. Part 1 of 



■c^,™ i aoi these Statistics dealt with the acreage under 

 Produce m 1921. , , , v °, , 



crops and the number oi live stock in 



England and Wales, and Part II with the estimated production 

 of the principal crops. The three parts taken together represent 

 an endeavour to give information on the main points of economic 

 interest affecting agriculture, and those who wish to take a com- 

 parative view of the changes in agricultural prices during 1921 

 will find much to interest them in the Report now issued. It 

 also gives particulars of the work done by the Ministry in con- 

 nection with the payment of claims under the Corn Production 

 Acts. The total number of claims accepted was 187,000 and 

 the area on which payment was made was 1,896,620 acres of 

 wheat, 2,007,875 acres of oats, and 123,814 acres of mixed corn. 

 The Report is published by H.M. Stationery Office and can be 

 ordered through any bookseller. 



A Meeting of the General Assembly of the International 



Agricultural Institute was held at Rome in May last and was 



International atfcen( *ed °y representatives of 51 different 



Institute of countries. The questions discussed at 



. . this Meeting were largely of domestic 



Agriculture. f\. £ J ,., . 



interest, relating as they did to the 



financial position of the Institute, and the possibility of 

 effecting certain improvements in its work, which without 

 increasing the total expenditure would give the greatest result 

 for the funds available. With this object a number of 



(43718) P.14/36. 11,000. 6/22. M. k S A 



