. Farmer and stockbreeder . shire) branch of the National FarmersUnion, held at Spalding on Tuesday, AldermanH. P. Carter, of Holbeach, in surveying the situa-tion, emphasised the point that the Government,having called upon farmers to grow all the potatoesthey possibly could, and having guaranteed them aprice, were bound to take over the farmers cropsin whatever state they were. WAGES BOARD AND WAGES CONTRACTS Cases have been brought to the notice of theAgricultural Wages Board in which yearly hiringcontracts have been made which provide for pay-ment of agrciultural workers at less than the m
. Farmer and stockbreeder . shire) branch of the National FarmersUnion, held at Spalding on Tuesday, AldermanH. P. Carter, of Holbeach, in surveying the situa-tion, emphasised the point that the Government,having called upon farmers to grow all the potatoesthey possibly could, and having guaranteed them aprice, were bound to take over the farmers cropsin whatever state they were. WAGES BOARD AND WAGES CONTRACTS Cases have been brought to the notice of theAgricultural Wages Board in which yearly hiringcontracts have been made which provide for pay-ment of agrciultural workers at less than the mini-mum rates of wages fixed by the Wages Board forthe district. Such contracts, like all agreementsfor payment or acceptance of less than the mini-mum rates, are void under the provisions of theCorn Production Act, and the payment of anyworker at less than the minimum rate applicableto him under the Act would render an employerliable to prosecution notwithstanding any hiringcontract or other wage agreement to the 100 THE FARMER AND STOCKBREEDER January 20, 1919. Crops & Cultivations Suffering WHEAT BEGINNING TO GET DISCOLOURED Tho bad weather of recent weeks continued toSaturday week over the greater part of England andWales. Except on the lightest lands all work wasbrought to a standstill; and in the valleys there wasmuch flooding. Generally, the autumn-sown cropscontinue to look well, but in Salop and Staffs theautumn wheat is beginning to show a bad colour andin the West Country fears are entertained for thewheat, winter oats, and beans unless better weathercouies yery soon. In Northants and Leicestershire thewinter corn is described as looking extraordinarilywell, indeed better than it has ever looked at thistime of year. There has been a good deal of snow,but as a rule it melted rapidly and the grass fieldsin most counties are remarkably green for is getting behindhand, and from the Fens andelsewhere it is reported that spring resources will beseri
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