§ 7. Mr. SHEEHANasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) if any and, if so, what steps are being taken by his Department to bring to the notice of Irish farmers the possibilities for the development of the agricultural industry involved in present conditions, and above all the desirability for increasing the area under tillage all over the country?
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELLIn reply to the hon. Member I have to inform him that on Thursday last the Council of Agriculture met in Dublin, and it was resolved to ask the Committee of Agriculture in each county to press the farmers throughout Ireland to increase the acreage under tillage. The Department's instructors are actively engaged in the same work all over the country, and everything possible is being done to increase the agricultural output next year.