§ Colonel Carverasked the Minister of Agriculture, in view of the official policy that the number of pigs in this country must, owing to the shortage of feeding-stuffs, be drastically reduced, whether such contemplated reduction is two-thirds; and whether this reduction has taken into consideration the amount of food obtained from the collection of swill, and the use of such by-products as beechmast.
Mr. HudsonIt is estimated that the quantity of feeding-stuffs available for pigs during the winter of 1940/41 may not exceed one-third of the quantity normally used for that purpose before the war. This calculation excludes swill, farm and garden waste and other bulky foods. To the extent that these are used to supplement the supplies of concentrates the numbers of pigs kept should be more than one-third of pre-war.