198 MiNixMUM Prices of Wheat and Oats in 19*21. [June, 



The attention of farmers is again dra^yn to the fact that in 

 order to obtain the benefit of the guarantee under the Agriculture 

 Minimum Prices ' l»f ' ^ minimum prices 



of Wheat and Oats °^ f f be made in 



TT i J • respect oi the area on which the wheat or 



Harvested m 1921. / • * i • * 



oats are grown in 1921. Forms oi claim tor 



1921 will be issued along with the forms on which the Agricul- 

 tural Returns have to be made on 4th June, 1921. The claims 

 must be forwarded direct to the Ministry of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries not later than the BOth 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. Farmers are advised to take steps forth- 

 with to ascertain the numbers as shown on the 25-inch Ordnance 

 Survev Map of the fields sown with wheat or oats. 



Copies of the Ordnance Survey ]\[ap and the 25-inch scale 

 can be purchased through 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 Committee. 

 Information as to the number of fields can also be obtained 

 at the local office of the District Valuer of the Board of Inland 

 Eevenue; the Clerk of the Rural District Council and the 

 Assistant Overseer may also possess copies of the Ordnance 

 Survey Maps of their respective districts. In case of difficulty 

 inquiry should be made of the Cultivation Officer of the County 

 Agricultural Committee. 



A concise statement of the provisions of the Agriculture 

 Act in regard to these minimum prices will be found in the 

 Journal for April last, p. 8. 



The Ministry desires to remind farmers that the Annual 



Returns of the acreage under crops, and numbers of live stock 



,-r, r will be collected on 4th June. The 



Annual Returns . . , • ^ ^ • 



schedules were issued to occupiers oi 



L ^^St k '^gi'i^'^^^^ii'^^^ holdings at the end of May, 

 Live OC . should be completed and returned at 



