§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of calves under the age of one year slaughtered for each separate year from 1915 to 1925, inclusive?
Mr. GUINNESSThere are no means of ascertaining exactly the number of calves slaughtered in Great Britain annually. The following estimates have been made for 1915 to 1924, but the figures must be regarded merely as approximate. No estimate has yet been made for 1925, as the basis of the calculation is under revision:
Year (ended May) Estimated slaughter of calves in Great Britain. No. 1915 … … 740,000 1916 … … 680,000 1917 … … 730,000 1918 … … 780,000 1919 … … 1,010,000 1920 … … 1,415,000 1921 … … 1,015,000 1922 … … 1,090,000 1923 … … 1,100,000 1924 … … 1,112,000