§ Mr. CAUTLEYasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he has made any and, if so, what arrangements for an adequate supply of reaping and threshing machines that will be required this year owing to the largely increased acreage of arable land under cereal crops?
§ Mr. PROTHEROWith regard to the provision of threshing tackle, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to the hon. Member for North Herefordshire yesterday. As regards reapers, an order for 5,000 self-binders was placed by the Food Production Department last July, delivery of which has already commenced. These machines, together with those manufactured and imported on private account, are considered sufficient to cope with the 1918 harvest.