§ 53. Major Legge-Bourkeasked the Minister of Agriculture what he now estimates is likely to be the average yield per acre of this year's potato crop.
Mr. T. WilliamsOn the basis of crop conditions at the end of June the yield of early and main crop potatoes taken together in England and Wales was expected to be slightly under the 10 years' average of seven tons per acre.
§ Major Legge-BourkeDoes the right hon. Gentleman not realise that the areas that are usually expected to produce the highest yields will be lucky if, in fact, they attain only the average yield of seven tons an acre? Will that not considerably reduce the overall yield for the country as a whole? What does the right hon. Gentleman intend to do to rectify that?
Mr. WilliamsWhat does the hon. and gallant Gentleman expect me to do—increase the yield personally?