FOOD PROBLEM.
, A SATISFACTORY REPORT. HIGH ACREAGE OF COHN. LONDON, July 21. Mr. K. E. Prcthero, in the H-uuseN of Commons, drew a cheerful picture *cl the food situation. In Britain now there is the highest acreage of corn crops ever recorded. France, Italy, and Greece have copied our . agricultural methods. Given an average' harvest the Allies' food position will he vastly letter than in 1916-17. Three thousand Government tractors are working. Cattle have decreased, but sheep are improving. The decline in pngs ha.;: been the greatest ditiler.'ty, hut (51,000 soldiers. 10,200 Gorman prisoners', and interned aliens and 300,050 women employees' are on the land. IMPROVED BREAD. STATEMENT BY CONTNOLLEII. LONDON, July 21. Mr. J. P. Clynes at Manchester announced that the quality cf the bread would shortly be improved by larger issues of flour and wheat. Reserves of food in Britain now make the country absolutely safe even if the war last for a considerable time. The quality of meat would also be improved. At present 70 per cent, of meat was imported : it is to be hoped shortly that only 20 per cent, will he imported: the rest will In home grown. Cattle, which had been deliberately kept hack for fattening, would be released.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 July 1918, Page 6
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