Zionists/Jewish Production of Milk and Eggs by Year before Nakba. Fish pond production in Palestine before 1948 (Nakba). British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume I - Page 381. Chapter IX: Agriculture: Section 7: Jewish Agricultural Settlements: Table 8

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Table 8.

Year
Milk Litres
Eggs ,No.

1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944



33,390,000 32,606,000 35,061,000 37,009,000 41,364,000 49,429,000 56,050,000 61,486,000



39,454,000 48,337,000 58,816,000 63,055,000 58,794,000 59,991,000 65,293,000 73,848,000

182. Fish production by Jewish fishermen also increased from 234 tons in 1941 to 369 tons in 1942, to 682 tons in 1943 and to 1,245 tons in 1944. Of special interest is the new development of fish pond culture. This form of enterprise developed as under :

Table 9.

Tons Value
£P.
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1941 38 6,837
1942 127 33,698
1943 311 110,950
1944 689 298,157

183. Each cooperative or communal settlement is registered under the Cooperative Societies Ordinance*. They are all members of, and coordinated in their activities by, the agricultural centre (M erkaz Hacklai) of the Histadruth. The marketing of their produce is effected by a central cooperative, Tnuva, and their purchases are made principally through a central cooperative, Hamashbir . The individual settlements market through other cooperative organisations and to some extent avail themselves of the Tnuva; many of them, particularly the citrus growers, are members of the Jewish Farmers' Federation whose concern it is to foster the welfare of the Jewish independent farmer.

184. The Tnuva markets over 50% of the total produce of all Jewish agriculture, representing over 70% of the sales through organised marketing societies. The following table of Tnuva sales in Palestine indicates also the marked increase in Jewish agricultural production :
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* Drayton, Vol. I, page 360.

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