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Fruit and Vegetables.
Returns of production of fruit and of certain vegetables are made annually (the vegetables
included are carrots, onions, cabbage and cucumbers). In addition there is a large acreage under
market and kitchen gardens. The figures are shown in Table II.
Vegetables are not imported or exported to a significant extent and consumption of cabbage,
cucumbers, onions and carrots has varied between 70 and 90 lb. per head, assuming all are
used for human consumption. There is no information as to the output of market and kit¬
chen gardens, some part of which may be devoted to potatoes and small fruit. But this may
easily account for a further 80 to 100 lb. per head in vegetable consumption.
The results of the calculations and estimates given above may be compared with figures
of consumption obtained at an enquiry among 800 families in 1930-31, and among families
of farmers in 1930-32, as shown in Table III.
Tabi^e I. — Production and consumption of meat.
1925 1926
Production (thousandtons):
Beef 134.4
Pork 17°-7
Other 39.4
Consumption per head (lbs):
Beef .
Pork .
Other
Total (a) . .
26.9
38.1
67
71.7
161.0
167.3
457
28.4
38.3
7.6
74-3
1927
181.6
144.2
47.0
29.8
37-i
7-4
1928 1929
1977
1537
51-3
3i-i
40.1
8.0
182.4
I52-9
48.4
3°-9
397
77
1930
166.9
188.8
44-9
28.5
40.4
7-3
1931
175-8
22^8
49.2
27.4
41.8
7.6
1932
187.9
202.4
50.0
28.7
36.2
7-5
1933 1934
174.4 183.2
196.4 242.8
46.3 50.8
26.4 27.4
34-i 39-9
6-9 7-5
74-3 79-2 78.3 76.2 76.8 72.4 67.4 74.8
{a) Excluding poultry and game which might raise consumption by a further 3 to 4 lb. per head.
Tabee II. — Production of fruit and vegetables.
(Thousand tons).
1925
Fruit Production:
Apples and pears . . 251.1
Plums and other stone
fruit 45 no
28.1
Bush fruit and nuts
Total . .
Vegetable production:
Cabbage. .
Cucumbers
Onions . .
Carrots . .
5i3
42
19
Area under kitchen and
market gardens (000
acres)
1926
361.7
552.8
16.3
1927
245.8
199.4
12.6
1928
408.7
461.5
17.6
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
113.8 155.4 357-9 406.0 295.9 3397
132.3
4°
150.1
18.7
251.0
22.7
357-6
251
153-4
24.0
38i
28
16
461
34
16
3l6
30
18
436
69
28
23
359
45
21
11
245
397
67
26
19
245
458
70
30
18
377
29
25
16
239.1
25-5
730.2 930.8 557.8 887.8 250.1 324.2 631.6 788.8 473.3 804.3
273 250
414
5i
28
24
252
Fruit and Vegetables.
Returns of production of fruit and of certain vegetables are made annually (the vegetables
included are carrots, onions, cabbage and cucumbers). In addition there is a large acreage under
market and kitchen gardens. The figures are shown in Table II.
Vegetables are not imported or exported to a significant extent and consumption of cabbage,
cucumbers, onions and carrots has varied between 70 and 90 lb. per head, assuming all are
used for human consumption. There is no information as to the output of market and kit¬
chen gardens, some part of which may be devoted to potatoes and small fruit. But this may
easily account for a further 80 to 100 lb. per head in vegetable consumption.
The results of the calculations and estimates given above may be compared with figures
of consumption obtained at an enquiry among 800 families in 1930-31, and among families
of farmers in 1930-32, as shown in Table III.
Tabi^e I. — Production and consumption of meat.
1925 1926
Production (thousandtons):
Beef 134.4
Pork 17°-7
Other 39.4
Consumption per head (lbs):
Beef .
Pork .
Other
Total (a) . .
26.9
38.1
67
71.7
161.0
167.3
457
28.4
38.3
7.6
74-3
1927
181.6
144.2
47.0
29.8
37-i
7-4
1928 1929
1977
1537
51-3
3i-i
40.1
8.0
182.4
I52-9
48.4
3°-9
397
77
1930
166.9
188.8
44-9
28.5
40.4
7-3
1931
175-8
22^8
49.2
27.4
41.8
7.6
1932
187.9
202.4
50.0
28.7
36.2
7-5
1933 1934
174.4 183.2
196.4 242.8
46.3 50.8
26.4 27.4
34-i 39-9
6-9 7-5
74-3 79-2 78.3 76.2 76.8 72.4 67.4 74.8
{a) Excluding poultry and game which might raise consumption by a further 3 to 4 lb. per head.
Tabee II. — Production of fruit and vegetables.
(Thousand tons).
1925
Fruit Production:
Apples and pears . . 251.1
Plums and other stone
fruit 45 no
28.1
Bush fruit and nuts
Total . .
Vegetable production:
Cabbage. .
Cucumbers
Onions . .
Carrots . .
5i3
42
19
Area under kitchen and
market gardens (000
acres)
1926
361.7
552.8
16.3
1927
245.8
199.4
12.6
1928
408.7
461.5
17.6
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
113.8 155.4 357-9 406.0 295.9 3397
132.3
4°
150.1
18.7
251.0
22.7
357-6
251
153-4
24.0
38i
28
16
461
34
16
3l6
30
18
436
69
28
23
359
45
21
11
245
397
67
26
19
245
458
70
30
18
377
29
25
16
239.1
25-5
730.2 930.8 557.8 887.8 250.1 324.2 631.6 788.8 473.3 804.3
273 250
414
5i
28
24
252
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