FARMING AT HOME.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4951, 4 February 1937, Page 3

FARMING AT HOME.

"DOMINIONS ARE SPOILT." . As to a levy on British Commonwealth supplies, that is, of course, only a dream. The Dominions are today the spoiled children of the family; nothing will be done to offend them: they must have their own sweet way. Mr. Morrison is pinning his faith to other features of the

Live Stock Bill. This will contemplate considerable changes in the system of distribution between the farm and the butcher, but I am not hopeful that this will materially benefit the price to producers. Only the fact that Mr. Morrison is a newcomer to the job, and that his colleagues in the House of Commons feel, quite rightly, that he is entitled to a "break," is likely to save a first-class row behind the scenes.—Extract from a British farming paper, of November 17, in discussing the meat question. A member of the House of Commons has started in business as a greengrocer in London and is selling produce grown in his Bedfordshire constituency. The idea originated when he discovered that his constituents were having to sell carrots at £1 a ton only, while carrots in London shops were selling at 2d a pound. The members intends, after six months' trial, to make known the results of his experiments in a debate in the House of Commons. Certainly, to us, there seems something terribly wrong in the difference of prices. Twopence a pound represents £lB 13s 4d a ton, selling price, as against £1 a ton to the farmer.