Show bt britain etain Is in no fear of starvation food surplus put fivay civay in secret storage LONDON great britain does docs not fear starvation in the present war according to gov government econom economic lc statisticians secret purchases and storage ot of foodstuffs during the last 12 mont months alls have been so successful it was said that even if in the future ships were unable to reach british ports with supplies from abroad the nation could be fed for more than 12 months certainly until after another 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 exceed hundredweight this is 73 per cent higher than a year ago holdings ot of wheat flour are nearly 40 per cent heavier if the whole of ireland is included the stocks of wheat are per cent greater than a year ago purchases of wheat from abroad are reaching record figures during the seven months ended july 31 hundredweight of wheat had been delivered from countries over spas in addition there is britaina Brit ains own harvest yet to be gathered it is estimated at more than hundredweight which is much greater than the harvest of 1914 taken at the outbreak of the world war large quantities of frozen meat from australia new zealand brazil uruguay and the argentine a are r e stored in london manchester birmingham liverpool cardiff and nottingham apart from canned foods placed in reserve by leading manufacturers on british farms the total live stock is greater than at any other time in many years |