§ Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenportasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give an estimate of the amount of surplus skimmed milk which has been thrown away over the past six months because it cannot be disposed of; and what action he proposes to take to ensure that this large amount of valuable material is converted into animal or other feedingstuffs.
§ Mr. GodberIt is estimated that over 9 million gallons have been wasted during the last six months, nearly all of it in April and May when more milk was produced than ever before. The Milk Marketing Board in collaboration with the manufacturers and their staffs have done their utmost to process as much of the surplus milk as the factories could handle. As the result of a publicity campaign carried out by the Board, the use44W of skimmed milk for animal feeding has been increased from 150,000 gallons a week in March last year to 750,000 gallons a week recently. The extent to which any further increase is economically possible is governed by the cost of transport.