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FOOD PRODUCTION. REPORT ON: Memo. by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in conjunction with S/S Scotland.

28 Jan 1941

5. The backyard poultry census is nearing completion. Over 600,000 people are keeping poultry on a domestic scale. Crop Acreages and Stocks on Farms 6. In England and Wales 2,200,000 acres of wheat had been sown by December Returns at previous December 4th's were: 1937, 1,664,000; 1938, 1,807,000, and 1939, 1,930,000. Owing to changes in the statistical basis the current increase i even greater than these figures show, and the wheat acreage for the United Kingdom this year (including spring wheat) should reach at least 2,600,000 acres c.
agriculture drainage farmers cereals maize food supply wheat agricultural equipment agricultural production animal feed beans cattle employment industrial workers industry livestock milk aliens poultry prices propaganda rationing sheep supply pigs weather foot-and-mouth disease fats disease dairy food supplies conscription fertilisers land usage harvests scottish office radio broadcasts ploughing civil consumption women's land army nationwide food policy committee agricultural executive committees ministry of agriculture and fisheries war agricultural executive committees
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide
Collection ID
CAB74
Document Reference
CAB 74/5/35
Document Types
Report Statistical Publication
File Reference
CAB 74/5
Former Department Reference
FP(M)(41) 8
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab74.000005.035
Keywords
Agricultural Equipment Agricultural Production Agriculture Aliens Animal Feed Beans Cattle Cereals Civil Consumption Conscription Dairy Disease Drainage Employment Farmers Fats Fertilisers Food Supplies Foot-and-mouth Disease Harvests Industrial Workers Industry Land Usage Livestock Maize Milk Pigs Ploughing Poultry Prices Propaganda Radio Broadcasts Rationing Sheep Weather Wheat
Language
English
Organizations Discussed
Agricultural Executive Committees Food Policy Committee Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Scottish Office War Agricultural Executive Committees Women's Land Army
Pages
4
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Meetings 1(41) - 25(41) Papers 1(41) - 41(41)
Themes
Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply

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