§ 73. Mr. F. GOULDasked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of reduction of rent made to the smallholders in the County of Somerset during each of the following years 1921, 1922 and 1923?
Mr. SMITHAccording to the Ministry's records, the amounts allowed to smallholders in the County of Somerset in the form either of temporary abatements or of permanent reductions of rent were as follow:
§ Viscount WOLMERDoes that mean that the wages paid in agriculture are considerably higher, relatively, than the prices realised by the farmers?