With a shift in emphasis away from policies which concern mainly the traditional agricultural activities and towards those which address the social dimension of farm families, it became evident that there were significant gaps in the information basis on which decisions were taken. This gap was highlighted by two Northern...

In connection with the economic advisory work of the College, the accounts of 13 smallholdings have been completed for the year 1932-33. With only one exception the holdings were brought into existence under the smallholdings scheme of the Department of Agriculture for Scotland; five of them are "demonstration holdings" selected...