The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

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Identifikator:: 1751319059

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-129553

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Title:: Répertoire des administrateurs & commissaires de société, des banques, banquiers et agents de change de France et de Belgique

Place of publication:: Paris [u.a.]

Year of publication:: [1926]

Scope:: 1316 S.

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52) the disparity is not so great as these figures indicate owing to the fact that a greater proportion of the total amount of milk pro- duced is fed to calves on produce *’ farms. The wide variation between these two classes of dairy farms makes it a matter of considerable difficulty to estimate the total production of the country, as any correct estimate necessarily depends on the proportion of “milk” farms to “ produce * farms. In the returns giving complete particulars of the pro- duction of milk 73 per cent. of the cows were on “milk > farms and 27 per cent. on “ produce ” farms. If this proportion were applied to the whole country (proportions arrived at in this way were so applied in 1908) the average yield per cow or heifer in milk or in calf would be 438 gallons, which is almost exactly the figure reached in 1908, and the total production of milk would be 1,180 million gallons against 1,029 million gallons in the earlier year. At the same time a large number of returns were received which; though not complete in all respects, indi- cated whether all the milk was sold as liquid milk or whether butter, cheese, &c., were usually made. A careful examination of the returns for 1925 showed that a far larger proportion of “milk ” farms than of “produce ” farms supplied complete particulars of production and disposal. This is not surprising, since a farmer who produces milk for sale only as liquid milk naturally finds it casier to give full particulars than one whose milk production is put to a variety of uses. Conse- quently, if the proportions of cows on “milk” op * produce farms respectively throughout the country are based solely on the fully completed returns, the tendency is for the production from the ““ milk ” farms, where yields are higher, to be appreciably over-weighted at the expense of production from the latter. It follows, therefore, that the inclusion of all returns which contain some indication of the method of disposal of milk on the farm provides a fairer indication of the proportion of cows on “ milk ”’ and ““ produce ’ farms throughout the country. The propor- tions so arrived at were 56 per cent. on “milk ’ farms and 44 per cent. on “ produce ” farms, J It has been thought necessary to set out this difficulty at some length as it affects the calculation and is, in addition, of importance in showing the character of the dairying industry in this country, The prevalence of milk selling in many parts of the country is so great that many people would not think it surprising that 73 per cent. of the cows of the country should be exclusively used for the production of milk for sale, hut on the whole, having regard to the diversity of conditions, the number of calves bred, and the quantities of butter and cheese made, it is probable that the proportion of 56 per cent. indicated by the combined returns is more nearly correct. If, therefore, these proportions are accepted as being approxi

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