BRITAIN’S WHEAT STOCKS

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24932, 20 July 1946, Page 7

BRITAIN’S WHEAT STOCKS

If they tried reasonably and sensibly, the bakers could work the bread rationing scheme, said Mr Strachfey iri bpening the debate. He added that tolly bakers who wilfully and obviously did not attempt to work the scheme would be punished. Mr Straehey said the year had started With 11.000,000 tons less wheat stocked than last year. Therefore, the year's harvest from the four great exporting Countries must produce 11,000,000 tons more than last year eVen to equal the stocks. . .. Mr Straehey epntiriued that Britain’s stocks wen likely to be reduced slowly until Aiigust, when experts believed the graph would again turn upwards

This was the first time for many years that the Canadian elevators had been completely exhausted, and there had not been any carry-over froth thfe old crop to the new. Canadian officials had told him that Britain cbiild not expect a supply from the rifevfr Canadian crop in September. That was a matter for October and afterwards. It would be rash, before the harvest gathering, to give pledges on that point. The autumn and winter Crop pros-

pects, if they continued to improve, increased the prospects of removing rationing at an early date.