asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state in respect of wheat, oats, barley, rye, potatoes, turnips, mangels, sugar beet, cabbage, flax, first year's hay, and other hay:—(1) the extent in statute acres; (2) the yield per statute acre, and (3) the total produce in tons for each of the years 1941, and 1940.
Written Answers. - Crop Statistics.
The figures required for the year 1940 have been published in Tables 41, 42 and 43 on pages 40 and 41 of the Statistical Abstract 1941 (P. No. 4844). The collection of the returns for the year 1941 was so far delayed by the restrictions imposed by Foot and Mouth Disease Orders that it has not yet been possible to complete the necessary statistical compilation and computation.