HC Deb 09 November 1944 vol 404 cc1548-9W
Mr. Salt

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can give a list of the existing demonstration and experimental farms in England and Wales; and whether he has any plans for increasing their number.

Mr. T. Williams

Demonstrational and experimental work in England and Wales is spread over such a wide range of farms, including farms connected with agricultural educational institutions, that it would hardly be practicable to furnish a list of those farms on which some work of this nature is carried out. In connection with the setting up of a National Agricultural Advisory Service, the question of providing further facilities for demonstrational and experimental work is under consideration, particularly the establishment of a number of experimental husbandry farms for testing the results of research on a field scale.