HC Deb 14 March 1918 vol 104 cc491-2W
Mr. PETO

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether Instructions will be issued to officers commanding remount camps that all suitable heavy horses should, during the next two months, be rendered available for harrowing and rolling grass and arable land within reach of the camps?

Mr. MACPHERSON

Under Instructions already in existence officers commanding remount depots have been ordered to give all assistance possible to farmers in the immediate vicinity of their camps. At the present time all available heavy draught horses are being issued on loan to the Food Production Department for work on the land, and farmers needing assistance should apply to the war agricultural executive committee of their county.