While preliminary inquiries suggest that in some counties the targets for both wheat and potatoes have not so far been secured, I am hopeful that the renewed drive now being undertaken by the county committees, with the fullest co-operation of the National Farmers' Union, will enable us to attain the desired objectives. In the case of wheat, the prolonged drought has, in some areas, unavoidably prevented autumn sowings to the full extent that farmers intended, but they are being encouraged in every way to sow the maximum practicable acreage of spring wheat.