CANADA’S WAR EFFORT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 May 1941, Page 5

CANADA’S WAR EFFORT

REQUIREMENTS TO PEED ARMY. MANUFACTURING FACILITIES. OTTAWA.. Even the lowly hen has an important part in Canada's war effort. It was recently estimated by the Department of Munitions and Supply that it required some 147,000 hens' to supply the 8,818.890 eggs purchased to feed the Canadian sailors, soldiers and airmen during the last quarter. Other items of this large housekeeping job during the same time include purchases of potatoes amounting to 8,300 tons; fresh vegetables. 3,000 tons; bread, 5,800 tons; and beef, 4.600 tons. The number of cups of coffee polished off by the services must have reached astronomical figures for coffee purchases totalled 172 tons. The purchases required merely to meet the current needs of the forces are extensive. For example during the last quarter, 40.000 gallons of liquid soap, 450.000 brushes of various types, and over -2.000,000 pieces of earthenware were bought. During the same period, 1,600,000 suits of underwear and 1,600.000 pairs of socks were purchased. Medical expenditures for the period totalled 1.000.000 dollars and included 10,000 hospital beds. The manufacturing facilities of the Dominion have been developed to produce equipment which formerly was imported. Such equipment ranges from naval cap ribbons and anti-gas outfits consisting of special jackets, trousers, helmets, and overboots for use in chemical warfare, to special secret electrical and other equipment for the three services never previously made in Canada.