RECORD MAIZE CROP
SOUTH AFRICAN YIELD FOODSTUFFS FOR ALLIES (British Official Wireless.) . Itecd. noon. RUGBY, Sept. 26. The Ministry of Information states that the South African maize crop return shows a record yield of 30,000,,000 ‘bags of 2001 b. each, and of that quantity from 12.000,000 to 13,000,000 bags 'will be available for export. South African advice suggests that maize will figure largely in the Union’s scheme to buy £1,000.000 worth of foodstuffs for the Allies. Sugar, butter, cheese, frozen meat, crayfish, dried and preserved fruits, wine, and spirits are other foodstuffs which South Africa can supply in large quantities. A national supplies board was set up long before the outbreak of war, and a comprehensive survey was made of the country’s agricultural production resources.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20053, 27 September 1939, Page 6
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125RECORD MAIZE CROP Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20053, 27 September 1939, Page 6
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