§ 54. Sir A. Baillieasked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to cope with the dearth on the land of skilled tractor-drivers, men with a mechanical sense and a knowledge of simple maintenance work?
Mr. HudsonInstruction in tractor-driving, and the use and care of farm machinery, has been given during the war by county war agricultural executive committees. In order that this work 2063 might be intensified, I have recently asked committees to appoint machinery instructors, and to start a concerted drive to ensure better knowledge in regard to the care, and use of machinery.