§ The marginal production schemes in the three countries will be extended to afford relief to farmers who are in a small or moderate way of business producing milk, pigs or eggs, where these commodities constitute the major part of their gross farm income, and whose farms are of such a nature by reason of position, size, soil or permanent equipment that they are heavily dependent on purchased feeding stuffs and have little opportunity by grassland improvement or otherwise to make their holdings reasonably self-sufficient.
§ County agricultural executive committees in England and Wales will be authorised to pay a proportion of the cost of farmers' purchases of feeding-stuffs. Administration in Scotland and Northern Ireland will take a somewhat different form.
§ The existing marginal production schemes in England and Wales and Scotland will also be extended in other directions. In England and Wales there will be a relaxation of the existing means test, and in both countries there will be additional provision for reclaiming semi-derelict land of the following chief descriptions: old ridge and furrow grassland which is difficult to cultivate 2166 in its present condition; grassland covered by light scrub, anthills, rushes, etc.; and small areas of felled woodland if they are of high potential value for grass or tillage. Each application in England and Wales will be examined separately by the county agricultural executive committee, and a similar extension suitably modified will he operated in Scotland.