HC Deb 24 June 1915 vol 72 cc1347-8W
Captain BATHURST

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if he will state what steps, if any, are being taken to prevent the destruction by fire in the neighbourhood of the military camps of hundreds of tons of stable manure at a time when all artificial fertilisers are expensive and some are unobtainable?

Mr. ACLAND

The Board are in communication with the War Office, at whose invitation one of the officers of the Board has recently visited the camps on Salisbury Plain, with a view to devise means for dealing with the problem to which the hon Member refers. The shortage of horses makes it difficult sometimes to make satisfactory arrangements for the removal of manure, but I feel sure that farmers and the responsible military authorities will do their best to arrange for the proper utilisation of all fertilising material.