§ Sir R. Gowerasked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the failure of a Kent farmer owing to the fact that 300 of his sheep were lost, for the most part last year, through disease or the effect of high tides; that in this case the man did not take advice until more than half the sheep had died; and what steps are taken to avoid any repetition of such occurrences in future, in view of the shortage of food at the present time?