Potatoes, Wales

HC Deb 01 December 1947 vol 445 cc14-5W

Mr. Watkins

asked the Minister of Agriculture what acreage of potatoes was planted and what was the average yield per acre in respect- of each county in Wales during 1947 and how much of the total tonnage was early and seed potatoes, respectively.

Mr. T. Williams

The following table shows the acreages under potatoes in 1947 in each county in Wales with the latest estimates of average yields per acre:—

WALES.
County	Acreage returned at 4th June.*	Forecast of yield per acre. †
	acres.	tons.
Anglesey	3,762	6.0
Brecon	2,723	5.9
Caernarvon	3,933	5.0
Cardigan	6,590	3.9
Carmarthen	6,945	4.6
Denbigh	4,096	5.0
Flintshire	3,598	6.6
Glamorgan	6,076	5.9
Merioneth	1,574	3.7
Monmouth	4,950	5.6
Montgomery	3,561	5.3
Pembroke	10,645	5.1
Radnor	1,897	5.9
* Provisional.
† Based on Crop Reports prepared at 1st November.

I regret that the remainder of the information asked for is not available.