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Second Meeting of Council op Agriculture. [Apr., 



The Council accepted an invitation to send representatives 

 the National Conference, summoned by the Lord Mayor of 

 London, at the Guildhall on March 9th, to consider the question 

 of the embargo on Canadian store cattle, and Mr. Langford, 

 Mr. Strutt and Mr. Eea were chosen to attend. 



A resolution was moved in favour of the compulsory 

 registration, by County Agricultural Committees, of all bulls 

 kept for service — except pedigree bulls used solely in the 

 owners' herds — if and when certified suitable for breeding 

 purposes. At the request of the chairman, a brief state- 

 ment on this subject was made by Sir Daniel Hall, Chief 

 Scientific Adviser to the Ministry. After explaining the diffi- 

 culties of implementing the resolution, he suggested that the 

 matter be referred to the Livestock Committee of the Ministry ^ 

 This was agreed to, and the resolution was withdrawn. 



The Summer Time Act was the subject of a resolution which 

 recommended that " in the interest of the agricultural industry 

 the proposed Summer Time Act for 1921 should operate from 

 May 1st till September 3rd." An amendment in favour of 

 abolishing " Summer Time " was carried, and by B9 votes to 18 

 the following resolution was adopted : — 



" This Council recommends that, in the interests of the 



agricultural industry, summer time be abolished." 



The provision of telephone call offices in rural areas was then 

 discussed, and after Mr. F. L. C. Floud, C.B., Permanent 

 Secretary to the Ministry, had read a statement on the subject 

 which had been received from the General Post Office, a resolu- 

 tion in the following terms was carried nem con : — 



" That in view of the proposed heavy increase in cliart>cs 



for telephones, and the failure of the ' Party Line ' system. 



the Government be requested to make all telegraph offices 



in rural areas public telephone call offices as well." 



A resolution in favour of amending the Agnculture Act in 

 relation to the method of fixing payments arising out of the 

 guaranteed prices for wdieat and oats was moved in the 

 following' terms: — 



" That, in the opinion of this Council, the statutory i)ro- 

 vision w^hereby payments arising out of the guaranteed 

 prices for wheat and oats under the Agriculture Act are 

 iaased on an average yield for the whole conntry, is unfair 

 to the more productive and hiohly rented ai-eas; and that a 

 separate average yield for each county should be adopted, 

 such average yields to be determined by the ^Minister on the 



