asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state whether he has received a request from the Carlow County Committee of Agriculture for sanction for the purchase of a farm to be used as a demonstration farm; and, if so, whether it is his intention to accede to this request.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Carlow Demonstration Farm Proposal.
An entry in the minutes of proceedings of the Carlow County Committee of Agriculture has come to my notice requesting the Department of Agriculture, in order to ascertain accurately the costs of production in agriculture, to purchase a small farm and place it at the disposal of the committee to be run directly by the committee, and that complete accounts of income and expenditure be published in the local press. It is not the intention of my Department to accede to this request.