§ 31. Captain FITZROYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, whether, in view of the fact that rye being the cereal which requires to be sown earlier than any other and was therefore sown before the signing of the Armistice, and in view of the fact that a certain quantity had to be included in the war bread under the Order of the Food Controller, and that rye was grown for that purpose, he will include this cereal among those for which he is guaranteeing a price for the 1919 harvest?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Sir Arthur Boscawen)Those farmers who grow rye for the harvest of 1919, at the request of the Board or the Ministry of Food, and harvest it as grain, will be brought under the promised guarantee, though the method of carrying out the guarantee has not yet been decided upon. The machinery of the Corn Production Act is not applicable to rye.
§ Captain Sir B. STANIERWhat became of the rye that was sown by the farmers in trying to meet the views of the Government?
Sir A. BOSCAWENI have said that those farmers who, at the request of the Board or the Ministry of Food, sowed rye would be bought under the guarantee.