§ MR. MANSFIELD (Lincolnshire Spalding)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he has issued the leaflet giving to farmers and horse breeders the particulars of the type of horses required by the War Office; and, if not, will he state when he proposes to do so.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. HANBURY, Preston)The total number of horses required annually by the War Office will not, I am informed, be more than 2,500, of which, roughly, about 1,000 will he bought in Ireland and about 1,500 in Great Britain. That being so, I do not think that the question is of any great interest to the British farmer and horse-breeder.