100 



Produce of Chops in 1921. 



[May.. 



The Secretary of the Committee is Mr. S. A. Piggott, 

 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 4, Whitehall Place, 



S.W.I, to whom all communications should be addressed. 



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The Ministry's Crop Reporters estimate the yields of the 



chief crops in the autumn of each year, and the estimates of 



Re ort on the production in the country are issued 



Produce of immediately tabulation is completed. These 



_ . n data as regards corn and hav were issued 



Crops in 1921. _ _ __ s . . . - , , 



on 2nd JNovember last year; potatoes and 



roots on 30th November; while those relating to hops were 

 issued earlier on 20th October. The Keport now issued gives 

 details regarding the different counties of England and Wales 

 as well as totals for Scotland and Ireland. Attention is drawn 

 in the Report, not only to the special features of 1921 as 

 regards crop production, but also to the relative money value 

 of the grain and potato crops as compared with previous years. 

 The use of forecasts of the yields of crops made before harvest, 

 as well as of returns of production made after harvest when 

 the actual results are known, is also discussed as regards their 

 bearing on world trade. 



This Report, which forms Part II of the Agricultural 

 Statistics for 1921, can be obtained through any bookseller or 

 direct from His Majesty's Stationery Office, Imperial House, 



Kingsway, W.C.2, and 28, Abingdon Street, S.W.I. 



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The Conciliation Committees continue to work satisfactorily, 



and the total number of agreements in operation on 20th April 



« ~ -t„4-: was 45. The question of milk prices has 



Conciliation 1 1 



« ~. -J.* « •« no doubt been somewhat responsible for 



Committees in _ . .. . .' 



. . ... delaying negotiations m certain cases, but 



Agriculture. • f , ' 



m most areas where no wages agreement 



exists, the Committees have arranged to hold further meetings 



at an early date. 



A full statement of the agreements in operation on 20th 



March was given in the April issue of the Journal. The 



i greements reached during the succeeding month are as follow, : 



Current Agreements 

 A rea. Period. Wages. Hours "per week. 



Derby Up to 30th June, 1022 7£d. per hr. for all 



employment on 

 weekdays. Sun 

 day employment 

 lOd. per hr. 



