§ MR. WILLIAM FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick's)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether, in view of the recent outbreak of pleuropueumonia at Hendon, it is the intention of the Government to institute a series of scientific experiments to test the efficacy of inoculation as a preventative of pleuro-pneumonia, as the system is generally practised in Australia and other Colonies with good results?
§ * THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. H. GARDNER,) Essex, Saffron WaldenI am afraid I can only refer my hon. Friend to the replies which have been given to the previous questions which he has addressed to my predecessor and myself on this subject. A very careful examination of the system of inoculation as practised in the Colonies was instituted by the Departmental Committee of 1888, and I see no reason to think that the result of any further experiments would be commensurate with the labour and expense involved.