§ Captain BAGOTasked whether the Board of Agriculture have yet made any report on the application made by the Westmorland County Council on the 8th April last for a grant for heavy stud horses for service in the county under Part I. of the Development and Road Improvement Act, 1909; and whether any grant for the purpose will be available during the current financial year?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYIt is not possible for the Board to report upon the application to which the hon. Member refers until their proposals with regard to the encouragement of heavy horse-breeding generally have been formulated. Enquiries are now being made for this purpose, and one of the Inspectors of the Board will put himself into communication with the Westmorland County Council.