§ Captain Sir C. BATHURSTasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether, in the instructions which he is issuing to the war agricultural committees, he is emphasising the desirability of sowing potatoes as an alternative to spring corn on newly-turned pasture where the conditions are suitable, seeing that they yield, with greater rapidity and much less risk from weather conditions, nutritious food of larger volume and weight which is of similar composition to and can be used as a substitute for bread?
§ Sir RICHARD WINFREYThe agricultural executive committees are being urged to stimulate by every means the increased production of potatoes. A circular is being addressed to them setting out the prices offered by the Food Controller for the 1918 crop, and pressing for increased production on newly-ploughed grass land.