58.
asked the Minister of Agriculture how the total volume of agricultural production in 1937 compared with that in 1914?
Sufficient data are not available to enable the total output of agricultural and horticultural commodities in 1914 to be measured against that of 1937. I am, however, sending to my hon. Friend a table giving such figures as are available.
Will the table appear in the OFFICIAL REPORT?
I had intended to send it only to my hon. Friend; but, if it is the general wish, I shall have much pleasure in sending it to the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Following is the table:
| Estimated total production of the principal agricultural commodities in England and Wales in the years 1914–15 and 1936–37. | |||||||
| Product. | Unit. | Production. | |||||
| 1914–15 (June-May). | 1936–37 (June-May). | ||||||
| Meat: | |||||||
| Beef | … | … | 000 cwt. | 8,404 | 8,719 | ||
| Veal | … | … | 000 cwt. | 398 | 775 | ||
| Mutton and Lamb | … | … | 000 cwt. | 3,279 | 3,344 | ||
| Pigmeat | … | … | 000 cwt. | 4,749 | 7,616 | ||
| Dairy Products: | |||||||
| Milk | … | … | Million gallons | 897 | (a) | 1,314.5 | (a) |
| Butter | … | … | 000 cwt. | 380 | (b) | 390 | (b) |
| Cheese | … | … | 000 cwt. | 336 | (b) | 200 | (b) |
| Cream | … | … | 000 gallons | 635 | (b) | 1,300 | (b) |
| Skim milk | … | … | Million gallons | 9 | (b) | 3 | (b) |
| Poultry: | |||||||
| Fowls | … | … | Thousand head | 15,500 | 28,000 | ||
| Ducks | … | … | Thousand head | 1,950 | 2,600 | ||
| Geese | … | … | Thousand head | 490 | 580 | ||
| Turkeys | … | … | Thousand head | 510 | 570 | ||
| Eggs: | |||||||
| Fowls | … | … | Millions | 941 | 2,835 | ||
| Ducks | … | … | Millions | 18 | 60 | ||
| Wool | … | … | Million lb. | 61 | 55 | ||
| Farm Crops (d): | |||||||
| Wheat | … | … | 000 tons | 1,634 | 1,378 | ||
| Barley | … | … | 000 tons | 1,184 | 663 | ||
| Oats | … | … | 000 tons | 1,340 | 1,080 | ||
| Mixed corn | … | … | 000 tons | 75 | |||
| Rye | … | … | 000 tons | 8.6 | |||
| Beans | … | … | 000 tons | 250 | 93 | ||
| Peas | … | … | 000 tons | 83 | 31 | ||
| Potatoes | … | … | 000 tons | 2,953 | 2,814 | ||
| Sugar Beet | … | … | 000 tons | (c) | 3,387 | ||
| Hops | … | … | 000 cwt. | 507 | 252 | ||
| Miscellaneous: | |||||||
| Seeds Hay | … | … | 000 tons | 2,117 | 1,674 | ||
| Meadow Hay | … | … | 000 tons | 5,148 | 4,733 | ||
| Wheat Straw | … | … | 000 tons | 2,216 | 1,850 | ||
| Barley Straw | … | … | 000 tons | 1,357 | 617 | ||
| Oats Straw | … | … | 000 tons | 1,934 | 1,247 | ||
| Mustard Seed | … | … | 000 tons | (c) | 13.9 | ||
| Fruit: | |||||||
| Fruit (all kinds) | … | … | 000 cwt. | 5,563 | 12,545 | ||
| (a) Estimated total production, excluding milk fed to livestock. | |||||||
| (b) Estimated farm production. | |||||||
| (c) Not available. | |||||||
| (d) Crops of first named year. | |||||||
| NOTE.—The figures given above are not entirely comparable in view of the fact that the production of meat, milk and dairy products, etc. are not computed on exactly similar bases. The figures for 1914–15 have been based in some cases on the results of the censuses of 1908 and 1913. | |||||||
62.
asked the Minister of Agriculture the area in Glamorganshire under wheat, oats, and barley, respectively, for the years 1935, 1936, and 1937; and whether the yields are below the average for England and Wales?
As the reply involves a table of figures I propose, with the hon. Member's permission, to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Following is the reply:
The acreages under wheat, oats, and barley in Glamorganshire in the years named were:
| — | Wheat. | Oats. | Barley. | |
| Acres. | Acres. | Acres. | ||
| 1935 | … | 2,692 | 7,571 | 1,463 |
| 1936 | … | 2,209 | 7,406 | 1,447 |
| 1937 | … | 2,154 | 6,730 | 1,355 |
The yields in that county in 1935 were below, and in 1937 above, the respective average yields for England and Wales, while in 1936 the yields of wheat and barley were lower and the yield of oats slightly higher than in the country as a whole.