§ Mr. Deedesasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will undertake a series of bull performance tests on Sussex cattle, now that tests on the Hereford have been completed.
§ Mr. John MackieNo. The test recently concluded at Rosemaund Experimental Husbandry Farm was primarily an experiment designed to assess186W the value of the performance test as a technique of evaluating the merits of the beef bull. It was not a test of the Hereford breed as such. I do not consider it a normal function of the Department to test individual breeds in this way. Such testing is already being undertaken by organisations within the industry, and some Sussex bulls are at present under test by the Royal Agricultural Society of England.