§ MR. STANIER (Shropshire, Newport)To ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, how many cases of black scab in potatoes have been reported in gardens and field crops in Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Cheshire respectively; and whether the Board are carrying ont any experiments in order to prevent the disease spreading.
§ (Answered by Sir Edward Slrachey.) The number of outbreaks of warty disease
| County. | Outbreaks. | Gardens. | Fields. | Uncertain. | |||
| Cheshire | - | - | - | 62 | 37 | 22 | 3 |
| Shropshire | - | - | - | 65 | 61 | 2 | 2 |
| Staffordshire | - | - | - | 62 | 55 | 4 | 3 |
§ Inquiry into those cases to which reference is made as "uncertain" is being made by the Board's inspectors Experiments as to the use of remedial measures for the prevention of the spread of the disease will be made next spring.