Agricultural Policies
Blythe was Minister for
Finance and Hogan was Minister for Agriculture
Agricultural standards were
improved
1927 ACC set up (average
borrowing - £100)
Things did improve but fell
back again after 1931
Hogan’s 1937 and Act bought
out the last of the landlords
Taxation and government
expenditure were kept low (pensions were cut)
Small farmers did not benefit
and many were affected by social welfare cuts