THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Vol. XV. No. 2. 



MAY, 1908. 



THE CENSUS OF PRODUCTION AND 

 AGRICULTURE. 



Under the Census of Production Act, 1907, the Board of 

 Trade are charged with the duty of collecting special returns 

 of the total output of the various industries of the United 

 Kingdom, and by arrangement with that department the Board 

 of Agriculture and Fisheries have undertaken to furnish the 

 fullest possible information relating to Agriculture in Great 

 Britain, in 1908. 



For this purpose it is necessary to obtain data with regard 

 to certain points not ordinarily included in the annual Agri- 

 cultural Returns. It is contemplated that much of the desired 

 information .will be obtained by means of special inquiries, but 

 by the addition of a supplementary schedule to the ordinary 

 schedule, the co-operation of farmers is invoked to assist the 

 Board to supply reliable estimates, where complete returns 

 are not obtainable, of the total production of the land of the 

 .country. All information furnished to the Board is, of course, 

 regarded as strictly confidential, and the returns of individual 

 farmers will not, under any circumstances, be revealed. It is 

 hoped that all occupiers of land who receive the schedules will 

 realize the. importance of assisting in the attempt to supply, 

 for submission to Parliament, complete details of the output 

 of British. Agriculture. 



The supplementary schedule referred to, which, with the 

 ordinary schedule, is to be rilled up on the 4th June next, 

 deals with six points which have been carefully chosen as 

 affecting the largest number of occupiers of land, and 

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