Show CC Britain Is ts s in N No o Fear a of Starvation Food Surplus Put r Away in to Secret Storage LONDON Great Great Britain does not fear starvation in the present w war r according to g government economic statisticians Secret purchases and storage of foodstuffs during the last 12 months have bave been so successful it was said that even if in the future ships I were unable to r reach ach British ports with supplies from abroad the nation nation nation na na- na- na tion could be fed for more than 12 months months certainly certainly until after another er harvest was gathered in The full extent of the government stocks has not been revealed but in ports where wheat is stored in silos and granaries stocks are known to toi i exceed hundredweight This is 73 per cent higher than a year ago Holdings of wheat flour are n nearly arly 40 per cent heavier If the whole of Ireland is included I the stocks of wheat are per cent greater than a year ago Purchases of wheat from abroad are reaching record figures During During Dur Dur- ing the seven months ended July 31 hundredweight of wheat had been delivered from countries overseas In addition there is Britain's own harvest yet to be gathered It is is' is estimated at more than hundredweight which is much greater great great- er than the harvest of 1914 taken at the outbreak of the World war Large quantities of frozen meat from Australia New Zealand Brazil Brazil Brazil Bra Bra- zil Uruguay and the Argentine are stored in hi London Manchester Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Bir Bir- mingham Liverpool Cardiff and Nottingham apart from canned foods placed in reserve by y leading manufacturers On British farms the total livestock live livestock livestock stock is greater than at any other time in many years |