BRITISH AGRICULTURE
Principles of new bill.
(UNITED TEIS3 ASSOCIATION.—COPTRIGHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
LONDON, 21st May.
A new Agricultural Bill has been introduced in the House of Commons. Its' main principles consist of guaranteed prices for wheat and onU to be fixed annually and a minimum wage for farm labourers.. The State in return is empowered to control cultivation in certain directions with a. view to making the best use of cultiyable'land. - The Bill increases the security or the farmers' tenure by awarding compensation for disturbance on a greatly increased scale.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 122, 24 May 1920, Page 7
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92BRITISH AGRICULTURE Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 122, 24 May 1920, Page 7
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