53. Mr. De la Bèreasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has yet planned increasing the cheese supply by encouraging the keeping of herds of goats so as to produce here cheeses to replace imported French, Italian and Swiss goats milk cheeses, and at the same time add a branch to the agricultural industry?
§ The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. R. S. Hudson)No, Sir. While the numbers of milch goats kept in this country may be expected to increase during the war, and I am advised that the demand for them is already greater than the supply, the numbers are not likely to be such as to warrant the institution of any organised production of goats cheese.