-2- Total Total Average Acreage Produce. Yield per Statute Acre. Acres. Tons. Tons. 1940 137,313 1,029,800 7.5 1939 115,075 864,102 7.5 erage for period 1930/39 131,337 866,656 6.6 In pursuance of the policy whereby the Ministry of Food is to rchase surplus potatoes in the United Kingdom at current nimum prices the Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland s recently offered to purchase ware potatoes from farmers who e prepared to re-purchase the potatoes for stock feeding. The ice to be paid by the grower for the re-purchase of potatoes for ock feeding was fixed at 55/per ton but, despite this vantageous figure, the response to the Ministry's advertisement s been comparatively limited.
- Civil Defence Region
- Region 13: Northern Ireland Region 11: Scotland (Edinburgh HQ)
- Collection ID
- CAB74
- Document Reference
- CAB 74/5/34
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 74/5
- Former Department Reference
- FP(M)(41) 7
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab74.000005.034
- Keywords
- Agricultural Equipment Agricultural Production Agriculture Animal Feed Civil Consumption Dairy Farmers Food Processing Food Supplies Harvests Imports Land Usage Licensing Milk Overseas Trade Ploughing Potatoes Reserve Stocks Surplus Textiles Tractors Vegetables
- Language
- English
- Locations Discussed
- Glasgow
- Organizations Discussed
- Food Policy Committee Home Office
- Pages
- 3
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply
