§ Mr. C. ROBERTSasked the Minister of Agriculture how many arable dairy farms his Ministry is now carrying on; 721W and what profit or loss was shown in their balance sheets in the aggregate for the year 1920–21 and 1921–22 on all the arable dairy farms which his Department has had in hand during that period?
§ Sir R. SANDERSThree arable dairy farms are now being conducted for experimental purposes by the Ministry. The balance sheets for these farms for the two yeans 1920–21 and 1921–22 show an aggregate loss of £6,631 13s. 3d. Six similar farms which had been started by the Ministry were given up in 1920–21, owing to the necessity for economy in public expenditure and to the difficulty and expense of erecting buildings. The total loss shown by the final balance sheets of these six farms, which were given up in their initial stages, was £6,569 11s. 1d.