§ Mr. RAWLINSONasked the President of the Board of Agriculture what steps the Board are taking to carry out the advice of their expert advisers that fresh store and moderately fat cattle should be slaughtered under eighteen months of age?
§ Sir R. WINFREYThere is no consensus of expert advice that cattle should be slaughtered under eighteen months of age at the present time. Apart from the other considerations which affect the case, the preparation of young cattle for slaughter at an early age would not be now practicable on account of the shortage of concentrated feeding-stuffs.