§ MR. BOLANDTo ask the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland), whether he is now in a position to state what steps the Department proposes to take in order to carry out the establishment of a model farm at Castlequin, Cahirciveen, in accordance with the suggestions submitted for his consideration; and, if not, whether he is prepared to consider any alternative scheme for the promotion of scientific agricultural knowledge and the improvement of the breed of Kerry cattle by utilising the land now available at Castlequin.
(Answered by Mr. T. W. Russell.) The Department do not propose to 1465 establish a model farm at Castlequin. Alternative schemes for the dissemination of scientific and practical agricultural knowledge and the improvement of the breed of Kerry cattle are being adopted. For the dissemination of such knowledge the Department have placed the services of eight trained men at the disposal of the farmers in the backward districts of Kerry, while, for encouraging the breeders of Kerry cattle, the Department have put into operation a scheme which will confer on the owners of these animals the benefits which breeders of other cattle now enjoy.