§ 4. Mr. LEACHasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, what his Department is now doing to encourage farmers to put more land under wheat so as to lessen the risk of a shortage of bread, owing to the failure of the supply of wheat from some of those countries which usually grow more than they need?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Sir Harry Verney)I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of a Memorandum and a leaflet on this subject which the Board have circulated as widely as possible among farmers. Although in some districts the dry weather unfortunately interfered with autumn cultivation, the latest reports received by the Board indicate that in many parts of the country farmers have been able to sow a substantial increased area with wheat under satisfactory conditions.