§ Mr. PETOasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to Mr. Thomas Hamilton-Adams's system of pasture-drilling for the production of corn crops as well as hay; and what steps have been taken to enable the machinery to be supplied necessary for an exhaustive test of the system?
§ Sir R. WINFREYThe Department endorsed the application for a permit for material for the making of an experimental machine when this matter was referred to them over a year ago. My right hon. Friend did not feel justified in pressing for special facilities for its construction, as the idea underlying the invention finds no support from scientific or practical agriculturists.