Sir L. HARMSWORTHasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if he will give the approximate dates when each farm or other area of land in Caithness under consideration for the purpose will be divided up into small holdings, and the dates of falling in of leases of farms suitable for this purpose?
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Sir A. BOSCAWENThe South Calder Farm, containing 348 acres, on the Scotscalder Estate, and the Skaill Farm, containing 937 acres, on the Dounreay Estate, will be taken over by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland as from Whit-Sunday next (28th instant) for conversion into small holdings. On the Dounreay Estate the tenants of the Upper Dounreay and Hallam Farms, containing, respectively, 1,080 and 337 acres, are under notice of removal at Whit-Sunday (28th. May), 1920, and these farms will then be taken over by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland for conversion into small holdings. The leases of the Dorrery, Lythmore and Stemster Farms, containing,, respectively, about 4,385 acres, 1,050 acres and 675 acres, will fall in at Whit-Sunday (28th May), 1920, and the question of setting apart for small holdings such parts of these farms as may be suitable for the-purpose is under consideration,