§ 48. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Agriculture how many additional tons of feeding stuffs would be needed to double the ration allowed for chick rearing this spring; 25 and to what extent it is estimated that the extra production of eggs in the coming year on this basis would increase egg allocations to town consumers.
§ The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Thomas Williams)The answer to the first part is 35,000 tons. On certain assumptions rather less than one additional egg per person would be available for allocation during the twelve months from the hatching of the chicks.