§ Major Conantasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will instruct A.E.Cs. not to compel farmers to grow corn in the Severn Valley on land liable to flooding or, alternatively, if he will agree to share any loss that may be sustained.
§ Mr. T. WilliamsDirections for 1947 cropping had already been issued before the recent flooding of certain lands in the Severn Valley on which corn had been30W value of animal feeding stuffs has been exported in the three months to the last available date.
§ Mr. StracheyThe figures for the last three months are as follow:
successfuly grown in previous years. Farmers who consider that as a result of recent bad weather it is no longer reasonable for them to comply with directions served upon them have already been advised to apply to their county war agricultural executive committees, who have been authorised to modify such directions as they consider appropriate.