§ Mr. KELLYasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether the Department are making any experiments regarding the growth of flax for seed and the best method of treating it for seed; if so, where are these experiments being conducted; and is it intended to conduct any such experiments at the North-West Agricultural School, which is situated in the heart of one of the principal flax-growing districts in Ulster?
§ Mr. DUKEThe Department of Agriculture have been making experiments in the growing of flax for seed for years past. The experiments are carried on in county Derry, in the Albert Agricultural College, Glasnevin, and at Ballinacurra, county Cork. Facilities for conducting the experiments do not exist in the North-West school, and it is not considered necessary to extend the experiments as suggested.