FOOD FOR RACEHORSES OR DAIRY COWS ?
(To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.")
SOY.—As I see that the Minister of Agriculture proposes to hold another meeting at which practical and representative agricul- turists may inform him of their opinions on various matters connected with the numberless Orders of the Food Controller, and their real effect on the food supply during the next eight or ten months, may I suggest that some one should ask for a plain and straightforward answer to the question whether the Cabinet now consider that it is more important to provide the best oats and hay for hunters and inferior racehorses and hurdle-racers than to ensure a reasonable supply of hay for our dairy cows and screenings and tailings for our poultry during the war? The matter is very urgent, as meadow land is now being scheduled to be ploughed and dairy herds are being reduced or sold altogether. whilst pullets which are just beginning to lay eggs are doomed, according to Mr. Prothero. Thousands of tons of hay and quar- ters of oats are being wasted on unnecessary horses which might be used for human food or for animals which produce food, whilst the oow-cottagers and occupiers of small holdings are unable to keep their usual cows, pigs, or poultry, all of which would repay for their food and add to the supply of food for the nation.—I am,
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