Dáil Éireann - Volume 132 - 27 May, 1952

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Ground Limestone Supplies.

Mr. O'Donnell asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will have an advertisement inserted in the Press circulating in County Donegal informing farmers that ample supplies of ground limestone may be obtained at Convoy, County Donegal, and thereby eliminate [35] the expense of transporting ground limestone from Boyle, County Roscommon, to County Donegal.

Mr. Bartley: I understand that the two companies now producing ground limestone in Donegal have already advertised or are arranging to advertise in newspapers circulating in the county. The summer and autumn months are in many respects ideal for the application of ground limestone to grasslands and it would ease the supply position considerably if farmers would order and take delivery of the ground limestone during these months.