§ 49. Mr. Philips Priceasked the Minister of Agriculture what surveys have been started by the Agricultural Improvement Council, with a view to making an assessment of what are the most urgent matters calling for research; and what progress has been made in each case.
Mr. T. WilliamsThe work of the Agricultural Improvement Council has covered a very wide range of subjects, many of which will be described in detail in the Council's Second Report which it is hoped will be published early next year. I shall be pleased to send the hon. 285W Member a copy and meanwhile 1 give a short list of subjects upon which research has been recommended.
Following is the list:
- Potato root eelworm.
- Failure in bean crops.
- Breeding of brassicae resistant to
- (a) clubroot;
- (b) frost.
- Control of pea aphis, pea moth and bean aphis.
- Effect of leys on soil structure.
- Mineral deficiencies in crops.
- Trichomonas infection of cattle.
- Control of bracken, ragwort and wild oats.
- Dried grass for stock feeding.
- Contamination of seed crops.
- Crossing of in-bred lines in poultry.