THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XXVIII. No. 4. 



JULY, 1921. 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 



In the House of Commons on 8tii Tune, Lieut. -Col. the Right 

 Hon. Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen, M.P., ^linister of Agri- 

 Proposed Repeal enltnre macle the following announce- 

 * -n 1. T r J.I. ment: — The (rovernment have been 

 of Part I of the „ •-, • r ^ 



Agriculture Act "'^^^'^^^^^^^ considering- for some time past 

 1920 ' operation of the Agriculture Act, and 



have come to the conchision that the 

 financial liability on tlie State under Part I of the Agriculture 

 Act is more than the country can afford under present cir- 

 cumstances, and consequently that there is no alternative but 

 to terminate at the earliest possible date the policy guaran- 

 teeing minimum prices for wheat and oats. This decision 

 involves also the repeal of the provisions relating to the 

 minimum wage for agricultural workers and to the control of 

 cultivation by the State, which are contained in Part I of the 

 Agriculture Act and in the Corn Production Act. I may add 

 that payments will, of course, have to be made in respect of 

 the wheat and oats which will be harvested this year." 



The attention of farmers is particularly directed to the final 

 sentence of the above statement, from which it will be seen 

 that payment will be made in respect of wheat and oats har- 

 vested in 1921. 



The Third Meeting of the Council of .\griculture for 



England was held in the Council Chamber of the Middlesex 



, . , Guiidhall, Westminster, on 27th Mav, the 



■«/r . , .V, I^^nrl of Selborno, K.Cr., O.C.Ar.G. . being 



Meeting of the • ^, . 



„ * in the Chair. 



Council of ^, T i. r. 1 o- wi 



.... , The Pvt. Hon. Lt.-Col. Sir Arthur 



Agriculture for ^ , ^ .^^ • . 



, , GnHith-Boscawen, M.P., Mmister of 



Agriculture, and the Earl of Ancaster, 



(.S7814) Pt)19S. ll,2.-.0. <)/21. M. & S. ^ 



