BRITISH AGRICULTURE

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 3 April 1919, Page 8

BRITISH AGRICULTURE

GREATER'DEVELOPMENT PROMISED.

BY CABLE—PBXSg ASSOCTATIOt?—COPYBIGHT

(Received\sA.pril 3, 9.15, a.m.) LONDON, March 26. In the House of Commons, Sir A. Boscawen said that the Government had decided to introduce a Bill conferring on the Board of Agriculture full Ministerial status and completely reorganising the administration with an active creative policy, with a view to developing agriculture. The Government hoped to restore and establish the production of many crops such as flax, hemp and tobacco; also to encourage intensive culture winn'inr to France. The plans included a complete educational system and experimental farms. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.