ABSTRACT
There are certain governing factors, not sufficiently regarded hitherto, which ought to be taken into account in any intelligent plan for the revival of British agriculture; and it is fair to judge the agricultural policy of the Second National Government by the extent to which it recognised governing factors. The main cause of the low prices was the insanity of economic nationalism. In these circumstances it was reasonable that the Government should come to the aid of the agricultural community, in order to save the land from going out of cultivation. The policy adopted by the Second National Government for the development of agriculture disregarded and defied all these factors. The milk scheme was part of a great plan for improved marketing, and a well-devised plan for this purpose might have yielded excellent results. The kind of mischief which this hasty and ill-considered legislation might produce was well illustrated by some of the proceedings of the Potato Marketing Board.
