§ Major HOWARDasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he is aware that the monthly subsidy of £560,000 which is taken from agriculture has caused large orders to be given for grass seeds to lay down thousands of acres of arable land in the Eastern Counties; and what steps the Government intends to take in the endeavour to keep land in cultivation?
Sir A. BOSCAWENThe Board are aware that a certain amount of recently-ploughed grass land. is being renown with grass, but hope that the declared policy of the Government with regard to agriture will allay the apprehensions of farmers and encourage them to maintain and extend the area of arable land.