THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XXIX. No. 1. 



APRIL. 1922. 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 



In a speech at \\'ells on Bid }ilarcb Lt.-Col. Kt. Hon. Sir 

 Arthur G. Boscawen (]^[inister of Agriculture and Fisheries) 

 referred to the recommendations of the 



. . , Geddes Committee with re^^ard to the 



Agricultural , „ ^r -. 



, annual expenditure ot the Aiinistry. 

 Education and ^ , ^ . ^ ^ o j.-, -^^ 



_ ^ » Before the appointment ot the Committee, 



Improvement of , i ^./r- x j 4- t 



Live Stock Ministry made a cut oi 



d61,161,000 and the Committee proposed a 

 further reduction of £"285,171. The Cabinet had agreed, 

 however, to a reduction of £'215,000 in place of the £285,171, 

 the chief differences being the following : — The Committee had 

 suggested the discontinuance of the live stock schemes, and 

 especially milk recording, but in Sir A. G. Boscawen' s opinion 

 milk recording was one of the best things that the Ministry did, 

 and had splendid results. He was glad to say that he had been 

 able to save it, and also the rest of the live stock schemes, 

 except the heavy horse-breeding scheme. 



With regard to agricultural education and research, he said it 

 would be remembered that at the time of the repeal of the Corn 

 Production Acts, an extra million pounds had been given for 

 education and research as part of the aiTangement made with the 

 National Farmers' Union, and it was understood that this was in 

 addition to what was being spent on those objects before. The 

 Geddes Committee, while leaving the million (which is a single 

 sum, not annual expenditure) had suggested a big reduction 

 on the previous sum, but this would amount to the breach of 

 a definite undertakinnf. The Cabinet had decided that the 

 agreement with the farmers must stand, and the million would 

 be retained in addition to what was being spent before. 



Of this million. £'850.000 had been allocated to En.uland and 

 Wales, and a scheme for the application of this sum h r !ho de- 



(42387) P.14/.S.5. 11,250. 4 22. M. & S. A 



