§ Mr. G. LAMBERTasked the President of the Board of Agriculture if he will state the number of ploughing tractors in England and Wales for each week from 1st December; the number of acres ploughed each week; the average ploughed by each tractor; and the total amount of land ploughed by tractors for the 1918 harvest?
§ Mr. PROTHEROThe following statement brings up to date the information contained in the reply given to my right hon. Friend on 6th December. During the last four weeks the weather has been exceptionally bad for farm work, and the tractors have been at a standstill in most parts of the country. The area ploughed by Government tractors from the middle of August to 12th January was 231,600 acres. Complete figures are not available for the period previous to the week ended 18th August.
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