' lair. Prothero went on-to- say that the-price of wheat
!for next year will be fixed at sixty shillings a, quarter. The ;aim. of -oats and potatoes is also to be fixed. This means that the. timid farmer who thinks that somehow. or other the prices.of the things-he. grows may fall away to nothing will have a guarantee against. such a thing happeniug. He can now go ahead with his cultivation. secure that, in. no circnmstance,s. can it mean a loss. We may . further
• note that at a. meeting-of the War Agricultural Committees, also on Wednesday,. Mr. Prothero stated that he. was going to supply every county with a list of .the products that • were believed to be most essential. "We cannot have precious land growing. things which are not essential." There will be plenty of compulsory powers, and no farmer will be liable to a. fine if he ploughs up- grassland.
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