§ Earl WINTERTONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture if in Sussex and in the South generally the keeping of goats by cottagers and smallholders is on the increase; and, in view of the fact that the industry is of value to the country in so much as it increases the available milk supply, he will consider making small grants to goat associations and milk-recording societies that have been established in the last few years in Sussex and the South generally?
Sir A. BOSCAWENThe Ministry have no official information as to the growth of goat-keeping in the South of England, and no funds are available out of which special grants could be made to goat-keeping associations. Grants are given by the Ministry to milk-recording societies, and it is open to goat-keepers to join such societies and to share in the grants. Two such societies already exist in Sussex, and application for membership should be made to the Secretaries, Mr. F. B. Jarvis, Onstead Farm, Bux-tead, Uckfield, and Mr. C. F. Cotching, 26, Chapel Road, Worthing.