Major BARNESasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture what was the increase in the cost of production of wheat and oats on the 31st March, 1920, over that on the 31st March, 1914?
Sir A. BOSCAWENNo information is available as to the cost of production of wheat and oats in 1914 and the only complete inquiry is that made by the Royal Commission on Agriculture in 1919, who came to the conclusion that the figures of 68s. per quarter of 504 lbs. of wheat and 46s. per quarter of 336 lbs. of oats were slightly below the costs of production in that year.
Major BARNESasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture what was the average price per quarter of wheat and oats in 1913; what was the total number of quarters of each produced and imported; and what were the corresponding figures in 1919?