§ Colonel Carverasked the Minister of Agriculture in view of the value of weed seeds, acorns, etc., to poultry for feed, what steps are being taken to popularise these alternative foods; and whether he can co-ordinate such action with other organisations, such as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which are working along the same lines?
Mr. HudsonMy Department has given publicity to the value of acorns, beech mast, and a number of other supplementary feeding-stuffs for poultry in publications addressed both to commercial and domestic poultry keepers. I am sending copies of these publications, together with copies of a memorandum and Press notice on the collection of acorns, beech mast, etc., by County Garden Produce Committees, to my hon. and gallant Friend. The recently published leaflet entitled "Weed Seeds for Poultry" which has been issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will also be brought to the notice of these committees.