1921.] Minimum Prices of Wheat and Oats, 1921 Crop. 9 



grower will be entitled to four times the dilTereuce for each 

 acre on which wheat was produced, and if the average price 

 for oats is less than the minimum price each grower will be 

 entitled to five times the difference for each acre on which 

 oats were produced. 



It is to be observed that if the average prices for wheat or 

 oats are greater than the minimum prices no payments wdll 

 be due, even though an individual grower may have sold his 

 wheat or oats at less than the minimum price. It is the 

 average price over the whole country which decides whether 

 any payment has to be made to the grower and not the 

 actual price realised by him. 



The amount payable to any individual grower will thus 

 depend on the area on which he produced wheat or oats. The 

 yield per acre w^hich he obtained, or the price at which he 

 sold his crop, wall not affect the amount payable. 



It will be seen that it will not be known until after the end 

 of ^ larch, 1922, whether any payment and, if so, how^ much 

 is due in respect of wheat or oats produced in 1921. Any 

 payments then due will be made by the [Ministry of Agricul- 

 ture and Fisheries as soon as possible. 



Claims. — No payment will be made unless a claim is made 

 in respect of the area on which the wheat or oats have been 

 produced. Forms of claim for 1921 w^ill be issued along with 

 the forms on w^hich the Agricultural Eeturns have to be made 

 on 4th June, 1921. The claims must be forwarded direct to the 

 JNIinistry of Agriculture and Fisheries not later than the 

 30th June, unless the claimant can show that he became the 

 occupier of the land after that date, in which case the Minister 

 may accept a claim made not later than the 1st September, 

 1921. 



The claimant will be required to enter on the form of claim 

 particulars of each separate field of wheat or oats. *The 

 number of each field as shown on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey 

 Map, and the ploughed area of wheat or oats in each field, 

 will have to be stated. These detailed particulars are necessary 

 to enable the Ministry and the County Agricultural Committee 

 to verify the accuracy of the claim. 



Copies of the Ordnance Survey ^^Fap on the 25-inch scale 

 can be purchased thiouuh any bookseller, price 5s. per sheet. 

 In most districts copies of the map of the district can be 

 inspected at the office of the County Agricultural CoTumittce. 

 information as to the number of fields can also be obtained 



