§ Mr. Strangasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many dairy cows were slaughtered in each of the past (a) 10 calendar years and (b) 10 marketing years.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe information cannot be supplied in the form requested as separate figures for slaughterings of dairy cows are not available. The figures shown below include total slaughterings of cows and bulls of all types up to and including 1974, and from 1975 onwards total slaughterings of cows of all types.
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(a) Calendar years (000) head 1971 801 1972 707 1973 745 1974 1,046 1975 1,153 1976 912 1977 882 1978 812 1979 939 1980 *992
(b) Marketing years (000) head 1971–72 741 1972–73 724 1973–74 817 1974–75 1,107 1975–76 1,083 1976–77 898 1977–78 878 1978–79 806 1979–80 988 1980–81 *†879 * Provisional. † Eleven months to February 1981.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the figures for the slaughter of dairy cows for each January and June from 1970 to 1981.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe information cannot be supplied in the form requested as separate figures for slaughterings of dairy cows are not available. The figures shown below include total slaughterings of cows and bulls of all types up to and including 1974, and total slaughterings of cows of all types since 1975.
000 head January June 1970 86 47 1971 95 49 1972 77 46 1973 77 42 1974 101 59 1975 130 74 1976 105 52 1977 95 56 1978 101 50 1979 84 60 1980 117 *72 1981 *90 — * Provisional.