Lime Rates : New Seale Ignored
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BECAUSE amended rates for lime haulage still did not cover increased costs, the British Agricultural Contractors' Association submitted a new schedule of charges to the Ministry of . Agriculture last June. The committee wish to place on record their astonishment that the lime :department of the Ministry of Agriculture did not even acknowledge receipt of the letters sent. to them,", states the Association's 1951 report.
The 13'..A.C.A. and other organizations concerned accordingly recommended their .members to charge the rates submitted to the Ministry, on the assumption that its silence meant conSC11.. The Ministry was informed Of this action,', but again remained uncomMunicative. A sub-committee upon which all „interested bodies arc represented is at .present investigating eostings. The latest newsletter of the Association states that the current lime-haulage schedule of the Ministry is unsatisfactory and that charges based an castings arc being pressed for. A meeting with a representative of the Ministry's agrictiltural lime department took place recently and a promise of further consideration was given.
The National Traction Engine and Tractor Association was approached during the year with a view to possible, amalgamation with the B.A.CA. . The matter has remained in the hands.of the N.T.E.T.A.'s council, and no further response . has been made to the B.A.C.A. Co-operation from the Road Haulage Association and the Road 1-faulage Executive is recorded in the report. •
• One out of every eight • agricultural contractors is claimed to belong to B.A.C.A.