BRITISH FARMING
Sound planning, sustained effort and hard work by British farmers during the war years, and since, have resulted in an enormous increase in primary production throughout Britain. Final figures for 1945, which have been received by the United Kingdom High Commissioner, Wellington, show that, compared with 1939, production last year was higher by the following quantities:— Wheat 531,000 tons, barley 1,216,000 tons, oats 1,242,00 tons, mixed corn 299,000 tons, rye 49,000 tons, and mangolds 2,455 tons. The poato yield totalled 9,791,000 tons last year, compared with 5,218,000 tons in 1939. The vegetable acreage (excluding the millions of private plots on which a large part of Britain’s green" vegetables are grown) has nearly doubled—from 292,000 acres in 1939 to 514,000 acres in 1945. Details of the increased yields are:—
1945 1939 Thousand Thousand Tons Tons Wheat .. .. 2,176 1,645 Barley .. .. 2,108 892 Oats .. . .. 3,245 • 2,003 Rye .... . .. 59 10 Potatoes . 9,791 5,218 Mangolds .. 6,524 4,069 Mixed Corn .. 372 73
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 25, 16 September 1946, Page 7
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158BRITISH FARMING Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 25, 16 September 1946, Page 7
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