1922.] 



The Allotments Act, 1922. 



545 



Adjustment for the ditlereiit sizes of varieties is easily made 

 by placing one or more rubber bands, J in. thick, on the inside 

 of the inner wall of the channel, each band reducing the whole 

 of the sizes by J in. This arrangement is of great advantage 

 when deahng with those varieties which are difficult to pack on 

 regular sizes (e.g., 3 in., 2^ in., 2 J in., etc.) as the insertion of 

 a band produces intermediate sizes {e.g., 2-J in., 2g in., 2g in., 

 etc.) when the difficulty usually disappears. 



For the ease of transport necessary in demonstration work the 

 apparatus illustrated has been designed to fold to a small compass 

 (5 ft. by IJ- ft. by 1 ft.) including the two box-stands (Fig. 3). 

 While not really necessary for commercial work it is of advantage 

 fco a grower to be able to fold up and store away the apparatus 

 when the season's work ends. 



Anyone interested in the invention can obtain further informa- 

 tion on appHcation to the Ministry. 



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THE ALLOTMENTS ACT, 1922. 



The provisions of the Allotments Act, which received the Eoyal 

 Assent on the 4th August, 1922, not only deal with the adminis- 

 tration of the Allotments Acts by local authorities and the 

 provision of allotments by those bodies, but also make a number 

 of amendments in the existing law, which will be of interest 

 and importance to landowners and to the many thousands of 

 allotment-holders in England and Wales. 



It is not proposed in this note to deal exhaustively v;ith the 

 alterations in the law which directly affect local authorities and 

 their administration. The Ministry will issue to such authorities 

 a leaflet dealing fully with the whole of the provisions in the new 

 Act. This note deals only with those provisions of the Act which 

 directly affect private individuals. 



It has hitherto been one of the chief grievances of allotment - 

 holders that they were liable to be dispossessed of their plots on 

 short notice, and although the existing legislation provided that 

 the allotment-holders should be entitled to compensation for 

 their crops, etc., this did not altogether meet their contention 

 that, after putting a considerable amount of time and labour into 

 the cultivation of their plots, they were Hable to be dispossessed 

 without being able to reap the full reward of thoir labours. 



