§ Mr. FELLasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if he has the particulars of the results of the experimental growing of sugar beet during the past year in various counties in England, Scotland, and Ireland; and if he can state what was the average for each county of the tonnage of beet per acre and the percentage of the saccharine obtained from the juice?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYI am sorry that I cannot supply the hon. Member with the particulars for which he asks. The experiments to which he refers were not conducted by the Board.
§ Sir E. STRACHEYI do not quite see how they are to get it. Perhaps the hon. 1894 Member will confer with me and make a suggestion.
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTMay I ask whether and when the Board is going to conduct experiments on their own account in the matter of growing sugar beet on a sufficiently large scale?
§ Mr. SPEAKERThat does not arise out of the question.