Action necessary Estimated consumption by different classes of livestock Dairy Cows Other Cattle Total Cattle Sheep Horses Pigs Poultry Total, all stock oilcakes are the by-product of essential commodities, mainly for human food and could only be reduced - (a) (b) by raising the extraction of flour; or dispensing with oils essential for margarine, paint, etc. For the purpose of this memorandum it is assumed that there will be no reduction in these supplies of wheat offals and oilcake. 3. If, as appears to be inevitable, there must be starting in the near future a further substantial reduction in total supplies of imported feeding-stuffs, it is essential, if serious consequences to the milk supply and the livestock industry next winter are to be avoided, that the following action should be taken now (i) Livestock producers should be warned that further progressive and possibly drastic reductions in supplies of imported feeding-stuffs will have to take place and that they should plan their production programmes accordingly.