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the British Empire, therefore, in feedstuffs for food animals in the 

 years 1911-13 was approximately 56 million cwt. 



The first fact that strikes the attention on a study of the above 

 table is the enormous extent of the imports of feedstuffs into the 

 United Kingdom, representing a net total of over 5 million tons of 

 materials available lor food-producing animals, of which only 

 about 29% was derived from other parts of the Empire. Examina- 

 tion of the separate items shows that the deficiency in maize is 

 much the most striking, not only as regards the total quantity 

 imported, but also as regards the proportion (over 95%) derived 

 from foreign sources. Moreover, from the Imperial point of view, 

 the Canadian deficiency in maize 3 must also be taken into con- 

 sideration. Unfortunately there is not much likelihood that this 

 dependence upon foreign sources of supply will be greatly lessened 



1 The following conversion co-efficients have been taken ; for maize, peas 

 and beans, f ; for oats, ~ ; for barley and all oil-bearing nuts and seeds, ; 

 for wheat, f ; and for cakes, meals and corn offals unity. See Part I., Chap. 

 xi. ( and Wood, National Food Supply, p. 17. 



2 Includes rice offals as well as others. 



3 This deficiency has amounted in recent years on an average to over 5 

 million cwt. 



