§ Mr. Byersasked the Minister of Agriculture what changes in the cropping of Handley Common, Sixpenny Handley, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, have taken place in the last month and for what reason.
§ Mr. T. WilliamsThe only change in the cropping of this common, which has taken place in the last month, is in respect of just over one acre of the north corner where the wheat crop failed. As the Dorset War Agricultural Executive Committee were anxious to use a suitable plot in an isolated position on which to sow some special broccoli for seed production, this small corner was ploughed up and utilised for this purpose. The total acreage under cultivation on the common is 348, including 278 under wheat.