§ Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Food the proportions of total supplies provided by the United Kingdom production in 1938, 1945, 1951 and 1954 of wheat and flour, oils and fat, sugar, potatoes, carcase meat and offal, bacon and ham, shell eggs, milk for liquid consumption, butter, cheese condensed milk, and dried milk.
Mr. AmoryThe following table shows the percentage by weight of the total supplies of these foods provided by home-production in the years 1954, 1951, 1945, compared with the pre-war average:
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PER CENT. OF TOTAL FOOD SUPPLIES PROVIDED BY HOME-PRODUCTION — Pre-war average 1945 1951 1954 (provisional) Wheat and flour for human consumption (as wheat equivalent) 12 32 24 31 Oils and fats (crude oil equivalent) 16 7 10 17 Sugar (refined value) 18 32 23 21 Carcase meat and offal 51 50 65 67 Bacon and ham (excluding canned imports) 29 32 48 46 Butter 9 8 4 10 Cheese 24 10 18 38 Condensed milk 70 59 63 97 Dried milk (whole and skimmed) 59 49 43 50 Shell eggs 71 87 86 86 Milk for human consumption (as liquid) 100 100 100 100 Potatoes for human consumption 94 100 97 96