Agriculture
Found in 298 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 28 Jan 1941
Letter from WSC to Major Albert Braithwaite, thanking him for suggestions on improvements in the agricultural sphere, particularly relating to shortages of labour and building supplies.
(Untitled), 28 Jul 1940
Letter from Sir Henry Fairfax-Lucy to WSC criticising the economic situation ("percentage increases for the cost of living") and agricultural policy (ploughing up of grazing land resulting in slaughter of Dairy cattle); encloses copy of letter to Captain Harry Crookshank MP [Financial Secretary to Treasury] and a newspaper article from the Warwick Advertiser.
(Untitled), 18 Sep 1939
(Untitled), 12 Sep 1941
Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Addison on the separate responsibilities of the Development Committee and the Agricultural Research Council; the former confined to recommendations to the Treasury of how funds should be distributed.
(Untitled), 03 Oct 1941
Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Addison [Development Commission] enquiring about the outcome of conversations with the Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir Kingsley Wood] and the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries [Robert Hudson] about their division of responsibility.
(Untitled), 08 Oct 1941
Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] on Cabinet opinion that the Wheat Conference cannot be settled as agreement would imply Anglo-United States interference in European Agricultural policy. [See CHAR 20/44/17-19 for Roosevelt's reply].
(Untitled), 18 Oct 1941
Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC on distribution of wheat on international basis, with implications for post-war Europe. [First page of telegram at folio 19; see also CHAR 20/43/100-104 ].
(Untitled), 27 Oct 1941
Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] advising that discussions on Wheat Agreement are progressing.
(Untitled), 25 Nov 1942
Letter from WSC to Sir John Sutherland thanking him for his service to the Forestry Commission, on his resignation.
(Untitled), 02 Dec 1942
Letter from WSC to Sir William Jowitt [Paymaster-General] advising discretion on reconstruction plans, for example on agriculture, which may have international implications.
(Untitled), 15 Feb 1917
Letter from Sir Arthur Lee, Director-General of Food Production to the Prime Minister [David Lloyd George] on means of boosting food production. [Copy].
(Untitled), 11 Jun 1918
Letter from Sir Arthur Lee [Director-General of Food Production] to Rowland Prothero [later 1st Lord Ernle], President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, asking for increased independence for his own department. [Copy].
(Untitled), 01 Jul 1918
Letter from J T Davies to all departments concerned explaining the extent of Sir Arthur Lee [Director-General of Food Production]'s authority. [Copy].
(Untitled), 14 Jun 1934
Letter from J W Whittome (Eastmoor House, Doddington, March, Cambridgeshire) to Walter Elliot, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, asserting that the Government's agricultural and trade policies have impoverished farmers and unfairly enriched tradesmen. Copy sent with CHAR 2/205/7.
(Untitled), [Jun] [1934]
Letter from Arthur Hazlerigg [Noseley Hall, Leicester] to John Shakespear (17 Wellington Street, Leicester) on arrangements for a meeting in Leicester on the fat stock situation. Copy sent with CHAR 2/205/7.
(Untitled), Jun 1934
Agrictultural Party bulletin. Sent with CHAR 2/205/7.
(Untitled), 29 May 1908
Letter from Henry Rider Haggard (Royal Commission on Coast Erosion, 35 Great George Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC accompanying a copy of Rural England [not present] and advocating a scheme of national afforestation to encourage small-holders and thereby combat rural depopulation.
(Untitled), 17 Nov 1908
Letter from J Nash (10 Downing Street) to Edward Marsh on the nomination of chairmen of royal commissions and the refusal of Herbert Asquith [alter 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] to see a deputation about Canadian cattle.
(Untitled), 26 Dec 1908
(Untitled), 29 Dec 1908
(Untitled), [1910]
Part of a speech to a committee of the House of Commons on unemployment insurance and government meausures to encourage agriculture. Typescript annotated by WSC.
(Untitled), 14 Mar 1910
Letter from Edwin Montagu (House of Commons) to WSC endorsing WSC's attack on the inactivity of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and pointing out that in south- west Norfolk and West Cambridgeshire the Small Holdings Acts were successful and therefore nurtured Liberalism. Argues against the resignation of the Government. An annotated typescript copy of this letter is at CHAR 2/45/65.
(Untitled), 24 Jun 1910
Letter from Lucien Wolf (15 Brunswick Square, London) to WSC urging that the Board of Agriculture be revitalised and advocating a scheme of land reform and other measures as the most effective way of countering Tariff Reform. Signed typescript. Annotated that WSC protests against Wolf's attributing to him an idea for a system of bounties.
(Untitled), 30 Mar 1911
Letter from Sir John Elliott (Board of Agriculture and Fisheries) to WSC on a scheme to clear off the unsatisfied demand for small holdings. Annotated that the letter was acknowledged saying WSC will be glad to help.
(Untitled), 23 Sep 1903
Letter from Goldwin Smith to WSC, on the failure of the Canadian harvest, and on opposition to protective tariffs in Canada.