§ Mr. C. BATHURSTasked whether, in the opinion of the expert advisers of the Board of Agriculture, the amount of 1245 soluble potash contained in the suint of the fleeces of sheep was of sufficient commercial value to justify steps being taken by flockmasters to save it, by evaporation or otherwise, after the process of sheep-washing; whether, failing the possibility of its recovery in sufficient quantities to dispose of commercially, the Board considered that its value as a dressing for clover and other leguminous crops rendered it desirable after sheep-washing to use the wash water on the farm for irrigation purposes; and, if so, whether the Board would issue any information on the subject for the guidance of the farming community?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYThe Board do not consider that it would pay to recover potash on a commercial scale from sheep washings. Occasionally the water might usefully be employed for irrigation where the configuration of the land is favourable.