§ 100. Mr. Kimballasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ask the seed trade whether, in view of the failure of existing measures to warn farmers not to sow spring corn with autumn seed dressing, they will take back all autumn dressed corn not sown by Christmas and replace it with spring dressed corn.
§ Mr. HoyWe do not accept that existing measures to warn farmers not to sow spring corn dressed with aldrin and dieldrin seed dressings have failed. Our 99W information is that they have in fact brought about a drastic reduction in the number of cases of poisoning of wild birds due to this cause. The replacement of unused autumn dressed seed is a matter for arrangement between the farmer and his supplier.