Country Life
A FARMERS' REBELLION.
A rebellion has already taken place in the organization of British farming, and a revolution is likely. The rebellion was caused by fear of the revolution. Mr. Robbins, the ablest man who has ever controlled the National Farmers' Union, resigned with others presumably because nationaliza- tion of his industry was, as he thought, threatened. It seemed likely that two Commissions would each recommend. if not National Produce Boards at any rate some form of co-operation enforced by Parliament. The Milk Com- mission, which got through its work later than the Pig Cobs- mission, so to call it, has now, I believe, handed its Report to the Government, who will consider it at their leisure, if the ominous phrase may be allowed. The Report is not unanimous—which is a pity—as the differences of opinion may again produce the sort of dispute that rent the N.F.U. The core of the Report concerns the formation of a National Produce Board, the thing that the rebel farmers regard as a form of nationalization, and therefore evil.
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