§ 52. Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Agriculture to state, by counties, the number of acres under the control of county agricultural committees at the latest available date.
Mr. T. WilliamsFollowing are the figures:50W
ACREAGE COUNTIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES UNDER THE CONTROL OF OR BEING FARMED BY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES ON 1ST SEPTEMBER, 1949. ENGLAND County Acreage Bedford 3,498 Berks 2,780 Bucks 5,182 Cambridge 10,160 Cheshire 6,100 Cornwall 5,581 Cumberland 5,098 Derby 2,376 Devon 7,062 Dorset 4,022 Durham 3,161 Essex 35,144 Glos 9,872 Hants. 9,982 Hereford 4,002 Herts 7,152 Hunts. & Soke of Peterborough 7,333 Isle of Ely 1,942 Isle of Wight 317 Kent 16,590 Lancs. 2,833 Leics 5,786 Lincs.-Holland 366 Lincs.-Kesteven 2,977 Lincs.-Lindsey 8,318 Middlesex 3,511 Norfolk 13,327 Northants. 6,013 Northumberland 25,520 Notts. 8,092 Oxford 2,282 Rutland 5,148 Salop 4,004 Somerset 9,133 Staffs. 3,693 Suffolk (East) 9,952 Suffolk (West) 10,380 Surrey 11,015 Sussex (East) 8,357 Sussex (West) 10,504 Warwick 10,607 Westmorland 2,992 Wilts 6,323 Worcs. 4,483 Yorks. (E. Riding) 6,069 Yorks. (N. Riding) 6,271 Yorks. (W. Riding) 5,479 51W
WALES Anglesey … … 661 Brecon … … 295 Caernarvon … … 1,663 Cardigan … … 4,012 Carmarthen … … 8,611 Denbigh … … 3,587 Flint … … 611 Glamorgan … … 1,215 Merioneth … … 1,554 Monmouth … … 2,045 Montgomery … … 3,884 Pembroke … … 4,639 Radnor … … 1,574 TOTAL ACREAGE … … 375,140
56. Colonel Dowerasked the Minister of Agriculture what is the general policy of the county agricultural executive committees regarding, tilling, threshing and baling, when farmers and contractors have the means and are available to carry out this work themselves.
Mr. T. WilliamsCounty agricultural executive committees have been instructed that their agricultural machinery services, including those mentioned, should be confined to work which cannot be done in any other way.