§ 42. Mr. A. HERBERTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture how soon the Government will be able to release cake and feeding stuffs for cattle?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of FOOD (Mr. McCurdy)I have been asked to reply. All descriptions of feeding cakes and meals may be freely purchased. The only form of control now in existence is a system by which the sales of feeding cakes and meals are licensed by an association of the traders acting in co-operation with, and under the supervision of, the Ministry of Food, for the purpose of eliminating speculators and limiting prices. No restrictions are imposed on the freedom of farmers to purchase feeding cakes and meals as, and where they please, for their own use.