§ Mr. STANIERasked the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, if he will give the name of those counties, with the number of cases therein, which have cases of stem eelworm and frit fly in oats; and if local newspapers had the Press notice sent them warning farmers?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYWe have received reports of the existence of these pests from:—
Northampton 3 Somerset 3 Sussex 3 Berks 2 Dorset 2 Essex 2 Norfolk 2 Surrey 2 Devon 1 Glamorgan 1 Hereford 1 Lancaster 1 Lincoln 1 Oxford 1 14 Counties 25 Reports. The Press notice mentioned was sent to 1,650 local papers.