DECEMBER 15. 1950

TI-IE GUARDIAN.

l CHARLOTTETOWN

PAGE SEVEN

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Aisoag The Farmers

Continued from page 3

-..--C--A-j... cultural workers in unoolnshire. which was held in Boston. it was a very interesting session. indeed.

As you may know. Llncolnshire is known as the wealthiest agri- cultural area in England. Very lit- tle livestock is kept on the farms; potatoes are the main crop and they yield anywhere from twelve to fourteen tons per acre. They supply the rest of England and several of the near European countries with seed.

There are still some of the man- or farms in existence and in this area, we are told. there is an ever- ags of seven hired men per one hundred acres of land. Mechanize- tion is not as far advanced as at home' although they have been making greet strides in this dir- ection cluring the last two or three years. This situation. how- ever does not obtain in some of the other counties.

Lest week I was out to two farmes-s' meetings with one of the economists from the Agricultural College here. Those meatirus are similar to our farm forlzn. groups. They cell them discussion circles and they meet twice a month ell the year round. At most meetings they try to have an outside speak- er or film. T'l'Ie at we met was in a dairy farming district Just outside Nottingham City.

of course all fannes-s have their p.obiems. but their main one seems to be with labour and the hour problem. They are still re- quired to grow a. certain allocat- ion of wheat which is not alto- gether a paying proposition. Gen- erally. though. marketing is pretty well regulated by the producer boards and through the co-oper- atives. Over in the Derbyahire hills where we went Thursday e ening to mother discussion cir- c e. we met a different situation. There the chief trouble is with the open mouthed coal pits, where. af- ter the coal has been removed from just below the surface. the land is levelled off again, drained and allocated to agricultural pur- DOSES. but will not grow anything ' worthwhile for several years.

Many of the wartime rules and regulations affecting agriculture are being, handed over gradually to marketing boards, although the Ministry of Food is still in control of the distribution of meet. feeds. grain, etc. In spite of the red tape

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involved most farmers seem to favour this system because they are assured of security and of a minimum price for their products well in advance.

Jlpproximately only one-third of the farmers in Britain own their own farms. Many of the others have long term leases and are now Iriven certain protection by legis- lation. providing thy operate on the basis of efficiency and follow the general program recommended for their respective area.

I have been able to visit the main agricultural college serving the Midlands where the advanced courses are held, as well as a couple of the ll'armers' Institutes: the letter is rather a new experi- ment. It is a small residential ag- ricultural school based partly on the folk high school system and supported by the Ministry of Edu- cation. where young farm people between eighteen and twenty five are given a one year's practical course which commences in Octo- ber and ends in June. This gives them a good deal of information on farm management. bookkeep- ing. elementary ience. helps de- velop leadership ability. and in many cases qualified them for entrance to the advanced course at the agricultural college.

The cost-accounting service of the college is a very interesting one and is operated as or free ser- vice to representative farmers in most of the outlying districts, and is used by the Ministry of Agri- culture as a basis for estimating cost of producing. etc. of different crops. I am getting some moxie in- formation on it and on the similar service of the National Farmers' Union and will send it along. in you. The National Agricultural Advisory service (N.A.A.s.). the field service, which is the new arrangement replacing the extens- ion set-up. which used to be ad- ministered through the universit- ies and colleges seems to be quite an effective and practical system. There is one district officer or fialdman for aoproximately every one thousand farmers or large

special committees in each county and district. These are appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture. af- ter ntzninetion by the Farmers' Union. the landowners and the business interests. There are also specialists in livestock, field crops. grassland nagement. veterinary officers. etc. at the county level to help with or investigate any spec- isl problems that come up. In this area. for instance. I was to the Ministry headquarters recently and they were testing soil samples and sending out their recommendat- ions at the rate of six , hundred per week. These samples were all taken by the district officers. This

rate is steady except for a short period in midsummer. After looking a little closer at

the livestock. I seem to be develop- ing a greater liking for dual pur- pose shorthorns. some of the per- formance reoords both in milk and beef are hard to beat in the mixed farming areas.

In districts where they are prominent. the breeders tell me the: ten thousand to sixteen thousand pounds of milk testing three point seven to four is a fair average. They grow a lot of kale in this part of the country; cab- bage is fed to the cattle too. but very little corn. Grass dryers are beccxnlng quite popular among the larger farmers and others are or- ganising machinery co-operatives

to procure dryers and mills for grinding the grass into powder. Two. sometimes three, crops of

grass are cut. There are pit silos on practically every farm.

, The stone fences separating al- most all the fields in some districts in Derbyshire fascinate me. They are about three and one half to four feet high and give an air of beauty and permanence to the countryside.

The Young Farmersl clubs are similar to our Junior Farmers Groups. ,but of course there are more fieldmen to help them. There is a full time organizer for each county. I have been invited to at- tend and speak at their "County Ball" in January. We are going to Wales next week for a tour of their local farmers' co- operatives.

The tour to the continent is not coming off until April or May.

I would like to have a list. of the Farm Forum topics for this sea- son and six copies of the hand- book. Many of the boys are quite interested in making better use of

market gardeners. There are also

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