Series: Papers 70(40) - 182(40)
Taylor Kenkel
A file of memoranda and reports documenting to the British War Cabinet's handling of food policy. Subjects covered in the file include domestic agricultural production of commodity foods and feedstuffs; the reduction of ration sizes, including bacon rations, for military personnel; the importation of certain foods and feedstuffs; and wartime nutrition with the formulation of the Basal Diet. Documents in the file include weekly statistical reports relating to the supplies of commodity foods and feedstuffs, with losses caused by German air raids and the sinking of cargo ships; a discussion of milk policies, such as the Cheap Milk Scheme and the concern over the vulnerability of milk supplies; and progress reports concerning the progress of agriculture in Northern Ireland. Other subjects discussed include food and livestock prices; brewing and distilling provisions; cheap food for the poorer classes; fertiliser requirements for British agriculture; and communal feeding for schoolchildren and workers.
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The National Archives · 18 November 1940 English
- 2 - 156, 249 cwts. of butter with a value of £1,123,843. Of the total only 4 lbs. of butter remains unaccounted for. Milk. During the past month the …
The National Archives · 9 August 1940 English
(1939- 40) September October November December January February March April May June July August * Estimated. Uncorrected for seasonal variation. 91 94 96 100 104 107 109 112 116 116 …
The National Archives · 26 July 1940 English
(c) (d) Of all types of livestock the cow is the most efficient converter of fodder crops and concentrates into human food while milk and milk products are readily available …
The National Archives · 21 September 1940 English
###CRET. ###.P.(M) (40) 141. 1st ###IS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT). 71 September, 1940. COPY NO. WAR CABINET. FOOD POLICY COMMITTEE. Progress Report for Northern Ireland. …
The National Archives · 28 June 1940 English
6, Wheat and fats must be imported but all other foods in this list can be produced at home in sufficient quantities to meet the needs of the whole population. …
The National Archives · 24 July 1940 English
7. It is obviously undesirable that we should act so precipitately in this matter (unless conditions make it unavoidable) that many farms now engaged in livestock production should be rendered …
The National Archives · 2 July 1940 English
SURPLUS PRODUCE OF ALLOTMENTS AND PRIVATE GARDENS. By arrangement with the Agricultural Departments, the Ministry of Food has now taken over from them the responsibility for the disposal of any …
The National Archives · 7 August 1940 English
Priority in feeding stuffs supplies Analysis of problems before Committee ###mal seasonality of marketings CONFIDENTIAL To. The Rt. Hon. R.S. Hudson, M.P., Terms of Reference Relationship with general policy Maintenance …
The National Archives · 25 September 1940 English
4. From this point of view the primary objective should be to maintain prices to consumers at a level which will bring the foods necessary for health and work within …
The National Archives · 28 June 1940 English
(c) further, as two of the elements of which the human system is in most need are present in reduced quantities in white flour, these being Vitamin B1 and calcium, …
The National Archives · 10 September 1940 English
1940 of glasshouse-grown tomatoes at 110,000 tons, about half the amount desired. Any steps by which production might be increased should be taken.+ Importation should be encouraged whether as fresh …
The National Archives · 14 October 1940 English
1. 2. 3. REFRIGERATED SHIPPING SPACE. The Ministry of Food's requirements for the second year of war have been provisionally estimated at 18.9 million tons of cargo, divided into a …
The National Archives · 31 August 1940 English
5. The fear of an unremunerative surplus is ever present in the minds of the growers and it has already been suggested by the Committee elsewhere* that the prices offered …
The National Archives · 14 September 1940
INTRODUCTION 1. The only overseas country, apart from Eire, from which we are now obtaining bacon is Canada. The current agreement ends on October 31st, 1940, and negotiations for a …
The National Archives · 14 October 1940
1. 2. 3. REFRIGERATED SHIPPING SPACE. The Ministry of Food's requirements for the second year of war have been provisionally estimated at 18.9 million tons of cargo, divided into a …
The National Archives · 22 June 1940 English
In this connection the reductions should take place in the following order, firstly, low ground flocks of commercial breeding ewes, secondly commercial cattle, thirdly pedigreed cattle and sheep, leaving dairy …
The National Archives · 9 July 1940 English
MINISTRY OF FOOD SECRET Report NO. 33 Copy No. 126 WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOODS AND ANIMAL FEEDS 1. The reserve stocks of WHEAT AND FLOUR (stocks in …
The National Archives · 17 August 1940 English
-2- Acreage Acreage as at Percentage Crop 1st June, 1940. 1939 Increase acres acres Wheat 11,953 2,928 308.2 Barley 17,695 3,493 406.6 Oats 397,427 291,354 115,075 36.4 Potatoes 137,308 19.3 …
The National Archives · 24 December 1940 English
-2- WHEAT BARLEY OATS. Extent Estimated Average Extent Estimated Average Extent Estimated Average total Yield total Yield total Yield production per production per production per Statute Statute Statute Acre Acre. …
The National Archives · 13 August 1940 English
(Quantities in thousands of tons) 1940: Week ended: July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 Aug. 3 WHEAT AND FLOUR (in terms of Wheat) 1934/35 - 1938/39 average weekly …
The National Archives · 17 July 1940 English
4. SCALES OF RATIONS FOR A.T.S. The new system of messing was, for administrative convenience, also applied to the A.T.S., who receive four-fifths of the soldiers' scale. This represents, in …
The National Archives · 10 September 1940 English
proposed that the rates of the Exchequer contributions will be fixed for five years in the case of the Accredited and Tuberculin Tested schemes but that in the case of …
The National Archives · 19 September 1940 English
THE STABILISATION OF COSTS OF PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES MEMORANDUM BY THE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON FOOD PRICES SUB-COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL PRICES 1. The Food Policy Committee at their meeting on …
The National Archives · 16 July 1940 English
-2- increases in the principal crops may be given as follows:- Wheat 223% Barley 908% Oats 38% Potatoes 19% Flax 112% With regard to barley, it may be pointed out …
The National Archives · 12 June 1940 English
of husband and wife does not exceed a figure to be determined by the Committee. I submit that this should not be less than 40/- or more than 45/- per …
The National Archives · 8 October 1940 English
MINISTRY OF FOOD SECRET Report No. 46 Copy No. 121 WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOODS AND ANIMAL FEEDS 1. The total of stocks of WHEAT AND FLOUR in …
The National Archives · 11 September 1940 English
2. 5. 6. MINISTRY OF FOOD Report No. 42. Copy No. WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOODS AND ANIMAL FEEDS. Very low imports in the week ended August 31st …
The National Archives · 14 September 1940 English
PIG POLICY IN WAR TIME. Memorandum submitted through the Secretary of State for Home Affairs by the Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland. It is agreed (1) that first preference …
The National Archives · 29 August 1940 English
MINISTRY OF FOOD Report No. 40 SECRET Copy No. 118 WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOODS AND ANIMAL FEEDS 1. Imports of WHEAT AND FLOUR have risen again to …
The National Archives · 26 June 1940 English
MINISTRY OF FOOD, GREAT WESTMINSTER HOUSE, HORSEFERRY ROAD, LONDON, S.W.1. SECRET Report No. 32 98 Copy No. WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOODS AND ANIMAL FEEDS 1. The reserve …
The National Archives · 28 October 1940 English
REPORT BY THE MINISTRIES OF FOOD, TRANSPORT AND SHIPPING. 1. Causes of Recent Delays. Delays in the discharge of refrigerated vessels became serious in the early part of September and …
The National Archives · 19 June 1940 English
4. On the 25th May, after consultation with the Admiralty and the War Office, it was decided to make conpuls### the reduction of the sugar ration for men and women …
The National Archives · 7 June 1940 English
The advantages of this policy are:- (i) We can ensure that the children are fed. The food provided can be right nutritionally and can be steered towards the foods in …
The National Archives · 19 June 1940 English
(Quantities in thousands of tons) 1940: Week ended: May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 June WHEAT AND FLOUR (in terms of Wheat) 1935/37 average weekly total consumption 135 …
The National Archives · 24 July 1940 English
SECRET 2. 1. 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. MINISTRY OF FOOD Report No. 35 Copy No. 101 WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOODS AND ANIMAL FEEDS Very low imports …
The National Archives · 24 September 1940 English
MINISTRY OF FOOD SECRET Report No. 44. Copy No. WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOODS AND ANIMAL FEEDS 1. Millers and port stocks of WHEAT AND FLOUR increased by …
The National Archives · 10 July 1940 English
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT SECRET COPY NO. 51 F.P. (M) (40) 100. WAR CABINET HOME POLICY COMMITTEE MINISTERIAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOOD POLICY Under-drawing of …
The National Archives · 25 October 1940 English
(a) The exclusion of grass, hay and bulky fodder crops from the rationing calculations, and the device for giving farmers the benefit of the additional cereals and pulses grown in …
The National Archives · 14 August 1940 English
(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT). SECRET COPY NO. F.P.M.(40)121 WAR CABINET 14th August, 1940. FOOD POLICY COMMITTEE AGRICULTURAL PRICES POLICY Memorandum by the Financial Secretary …
The National Archives · 19 June 1940 English
6. We recognise that in the case of a number of exceptionally we placed farmers these arrangements may make substantial profits possible are therefore quite prepared to support a proposal …
The National Archives · 14 September 1940 English
INTRODUCTION 1. The only overseas country, apart from Eire, from which we are now obtaining bacon is Canada. The current agreement ends on October 31st, 1940, and negotiations for a …
The National Archives · 4 October 1940 English
(5) Before the outbreak of war, the Treasury was asked to sanction a programme for building new cold stores in what were then regarded as the less vulnerable parts of …
The National Archives · 20 June 1940 English
Table I: Bulk Stocks (a) ### ### ### ### August 1939 to May 1940 (actual) and June-August 1940 (forecasts) 1939 1940 Weekly total consumption No. of weeks supply; basis No. …
The National Archives · 7 August 1940 English
imported oil seeds. The plant for crushing oil seeds is distributed roughly as follows:- % % London 17 Glasgow 4 Hull 43 Liverpool 25 Leith 4 Bristol 7 8. Under …
The National Archives · 12 June 1940 English
in this matter; shipment will take place as quickly as possible and will be added to the reserve stocks in the country. Some additional quantity of lard is also being …
The National Archives · 5 September 1940 English
2. 3. 4. 5. MINISTRY OF FOOD Report No. 41. SECRET Copy No. 118 WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOODS AND ANIMAL FEEDS 1. The reserve stocks of WHEAT …
The National Archives · 7 October 1940 English
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. SECRET Copy No. F.P. (M) (40) 146. 7th October, 1940. WAR CABINET. FOOD POLICY COMMITTEE. SERVICE RATIONING OF BACON. Memorandum by …
The National Archives · 10 December 1940 English
SECRET as in the past. MINISTRY OF FOOD Report No.54 Copy No. 125 FORTNIGHTLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOODS AND ANIMAL FEEDS This report is now being prepared at …
The National Archives · 14 October 1940 English
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. SECRET. COPY NO. F.P.(M) (40) 150. WAR CABINET FOOD POLICY COMMITTEE RESTRICTION OF SERVICE RATIONS OF BACON Memorandum by the …
The National Archives · 19 October 1940 English
-2- Flax. Acting on behalf of the Ministry of Supply, the Ministry has purchased the entire surplus of this year's Canadian flax seed crop. This quantity alone is sufficient to …