Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture – in the House of Commons at on 25 March 1943.
Mr Morgan Price
, Forest of Dean
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can give the figures, to date, of the farmers and livestock owners who have entered the veterinary inspection scheme for the control of the diseases of dairy cattle?
Mr Robert Hudson
, Southport
The owners of 5,525 dairy herds comprising 150,000 cows and 80,000 heifers are now participating in the scheme.
Mr Morgan Price
, Forest of Dean
Can the Minister say whether any improvement in the health of dairy herds has been observed?
Mr Robert Hudson
, Southport
I do not think there has been time yet.
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