§ 96. Mr. R. Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to encourage the production of animal feeding stuffs in the West Indies.
§ Mr. HopkinsonThe measures which are already being taken include the purchase of guinea corn from small farmers, the manufacture of concentrates by Government Departments from cornmeal and rice milling residues, copra meal and citrus waste, and the fixing of guaranteed prices for feedingstuffs. There is however a general shortage of carbo-hydrate feedingstuffs and animal protein and this situation cannot be easily or quickly remedied. The recommendation of the industrialists' mission on this point is under consideration by the Governments.