AGRICULTURE IN BRITAIN
(Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.)
(Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, July 22. “The British Government is determined to give agriculture and land workers a fair deal,” said the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Dr. Hugh Dalton) in a speech. He added that British farming was now a stable industry with a fine future, but “if it is to realise all your hopes” it must have a constant flow of new recruits, both men and women. Britain’s agricultural production last year. Dr. Dalton continued, had provided her with one quarter of her bread. 12 per cent, of her cheese, 7 per cent, of her butter, 27 per cent, of her sugar, 36 per cent, of her bacon, and 44 per cent, of her fresh meat ration. Milk production had averaged 125,000,000 gallons a month last year, compared with 97,000.000 gallons a month 10 years ago. For the rest of ner food Britain depended on oversea sources, for which she had to pay high prices, mostly in dollars.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25243, 23 July 1947, Page 3
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