64. 
MiLk PRODUCTION* IN EACH AGRICULTURAL DIVISION 
OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN 1924-25. 
Division. 
Eastern - 
North-Eastern 
South-Eastern 
East Midland - 
West Midland 
South-Western 
Northern - 
North-Western 
North Wales - 
South Wales - 
Excranp and 
WALES. 
Number of cows and heifers 
in milk or in calf.t 
Cows in 
milk or 
in calf. 
Heifers 
in calf. 
Total. 
128,718 
126,813 
203,124 
205,851 
280,725 
358,526 
229,027 
482,922 
118,692 
180,852 
26,222 
30,589 
38,937 
18,573 
45,012 
56,278 
38,202 
36,509 
.6,400 
16,208 
154,940 
157,402 
242,061 | 
254,424 
325,737 
114,804 
267,229 
539,431 
135,099 
197,060 
2,315,257 
372,930 
2,688,187 
Total 
Milk 
Produc- 
tion. 
Average 
annual 
yield of 
milk per 
cow and 
heifer. 
Millions 
of gallons 
72-6 
62-1 
112-0 
105-1 © 
136-1 
163-7 
110-7 
240-5 
46-5 
67-8 
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Produc- 
tion of 
milk per 
1,000 
acres 
of erops 
and 
oarass. 
Gallons. 
26,000 
20,000 
46,000 
38,000 
49,000 
55,000 
37,000 
79,000 
43,000 
39,000 
43.000 
* Iixcluding whole milk fed to calves and pigs. 
© Average of numbers on 4th June 1924 and 1925. 
It will be seen that the north-western counties account for 
over 20 per.cent. of the total milk production and the south- 
western for nearly 15 per cent., whereas the eastern division 
produces less than 7 per cent. although the yielding capacity of 
the cows in the division is high. 
In Map XVI is shown diagramatically the relative production 
of milk in proportion to the area of crops and grass in each 
county. This takes into account the relative density of the cow 
population as well as the average milk yield of the cows kept in 
the different counties, which reflects the variations due to the 
production of milk for sale only, in comparison with mixed 
dairying. 
The north-western counties of Lancashire, Cheshire, Derby: 
Stafford and Flint produce most milk in relation to their sizes 
followed by Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire in the south-west: 
The smallest Production of milk in proportion to agricultural 
area 18 In the north-eastern counties, where pasture land iS 
least plentiful, 
The Disposal of Milk— Nearly three-quarters of the milk 
produced in England and Wales (other than that fed to calves 
and pigs) is sold off the farms as liquid milk, and if allowance 
be made for the milk consumed in farm households as liquid