A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

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CONTENTS

  • INTRODUCTION

    • Purpose

    • Method

    • The Sample

    • Reception

    • Date

    • Rating

    • The Report

    • Acknowledgments

  • 1. The Farmer

    • The Occupation of the Fathers of Farmers

    • Why the Farmer entered the Profession

    • The Farmer’s previous Industrial History

    • The Schools to which the Farmer went and how and where he learned to farm

    • Courses of Instruction given by the County

    • Conclusion

  • 2. Media and the Farmer

    • (1)Newspapers

      • The newspapers in which Farming Articles are read

    • (2)Farming Papers (and Magazines)

      • Farming articles and the farm worker

    • (3)The Radio

      • Radio speakers

      • Times for Broadcast

    • (4)Leaflets of the Ministry of Agriculture and County Committees

      • Sources of Leaflets

      • The Use of Leaflets for Reference

      • The way in which Leaflets were useful to Farmers

        • Dairying

        • Animal Husbandry

        • Fertilisers and Manures

        • Ley Farming

        • Cropping

        • Pests

        • Veterinary Information

        • Sugar Beet

        • Building, Thatching, Corn Stacks

        • Silage

        • Potato Cultivation and Disease

        • Machinery

        • Cultivation and Drainage

        • Others

        • Others - Subject not known or not remembered

      • Other Books of Reference

    • (5)Ministry of Agriculture Advertisements

      • Subjects of Advertisements remembered

      • The Places where Ministry of Agriculture advertisements had been seen

    • (6)Commercial Demonstrations

    • (7)Films about Farming

      • Films remembered

      • Films as a means of giving advice

    • (8)Media in general

      • Practice

      • Veterinary Panel

      • Seed Corn Dressing

      • Milk Recording

      • Winter Milk

      • Conclusions

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    3. Advisory Services and the Farmer

    • (1)Farmers and the Agricultural Organization before the War

      • Courses of Instruction given by the County

    • (2)The Advisory Services of the County and the Farm Institutes

      • Advice on Livestock and Disease

      • Advice on Feeding and Coupons

      • Advice on Fertilisers and Fertiliser Rationing

      • Advice on Milk Production

      • Advice on Machinery

      • Advice on Crop Failures

    • The Advisers of the County War Agricultural Executive Committees and the Advisers of Farm Institutes

      • The County Advisers

        • Subjects on which advice was sought

      • Advice from the Staff of farm Institutes

        • Subjects on which advice was sought

    • (3) Demonstrations and Exhibitions

      • Field Demonstrations

        • Farmers’ Opinions about Field Demonstrations

        • Reasons for not attending

        • Field Demonstrations and the Farm Worker

      • Market Demonstration and Exhibitions arranged by the County Committee

        • Farmers’ Opinions about Market Demonstrations

        • Reasons for not attending

        • Farm workers and Market Demonstrations

      • Farm Walks

        • Farmers' Opinions about Farm Walks

        • Reasons for not attending

        • Farm Walks and the Farm worker

      • Discussions in Farm Houses and Public Houses

        • Farmers’ Opinions about discussions

        • Reasons for not going to Discussions

        • Farm Workers and Farm Discussions

      • Brains Trust

      • Other Meetings

    • (4) A General Discussion of the Work of the County Committees

      • Advisory Services

      • The Veterinary Panel and the Advisers of the County Committee

      • The Dressing of Seed Corn and the County Committee Advisers

      • Winter Milk

      • Changes made on Farms since the War

      • The sort of Advisory Services farmers want after the War

    • (5) The Discussion of Farm Problems with Farm Workers and with other Farmers

      • Farm Workers consulted by Farmers

      • Discussion of Farm Problems with other Farmers

  • 4. Education and the Farmer

    • Farmers’ Children and the Farming Industry

    • The Education of Farmers’ Children

    • The Education of the Children of different groups of Farmers

    • Comparison of the Education of Fathers and the Education of their Children

    • The Education of Farmers’ children in relation to their parents’ intentions about their industrial future and in relationship to the occupation of those who have left school.

    • The reasons why Farmers have chosen certain types of education for their children

    • Farmers’ Opinion about the future of education in relation to Agriculture.

    • Agricultural colleges in Institutes

    • Young Farmers Clubs

    • Conclusions

  • General Conclusions

  • Appendices

    • (I)Farmer’s children and their Grandparents

    • (II) Those mentioning that Radio Talks do not apply to their part of country

    • (III) Recording Schedule

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