The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

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Identifikator:: 1757028552

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-135495

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: XV, 152 Seiten; graph. Darst., Kt.

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VI. The value of the agricultural output

Collection:: Economics Books

nearly £225 millions reached in 1925 is 77 per cent. above the figure of £127 millions estimated in 1908, or if glasshouse produce and honey is omitted in 1925 the increase is 74 per cent, The average increase in prices over the same period was 77 per cent., so that it would seem that in the aggregate, after allowing for the rapid expansion of the glasshouse industry, the increases and decreases in output just about balanced one another, although during the intervening 17 years the area of agricultural land showed some reduction. In order to eliminate the difficulty as to changing prices, and to compare the output of 1925 with that of the earlier year, the live-stock production of 1908 has been valued at the 1925 prices. In this table any revisions of the production figures for 1908 which have been mentioned as necessary in previous chapters have been made. Live stock - - Dairy produce - Poultry and eggs Wool - Total live stock and live- stock products 1908 (at 1925 prices.) 1925. Thousands of £. 88,200 78,970 49,800 57,600 11,100 15,080 4,100 3.000 153.200 154.650 Percentage Increase or Decrease 1925 on 1908. Per cent. — 10 -- 16 + 36 =O di It will be seen that the total for live stock and live-stock products is approximately the same in the two years. The out- put of the live stock in 1925 is some 10 per cent. less, but dairy produce is higher by about 16 per cent. and poultry and eggs by 36 per cent. The marked fall in wool is, of course, the out- come of reduced flocks of sheep. It will be understood that the percentage changes given above differ somewhat from those given in the preceding chapter, mainly because the above calculation is based on the money value of various commodities added together, whereas Chapter V deals with output by weight or number. In the case of farm crops, a calculation on similar lines has hardly the same value, as it can only be applied to the pro- portion of farm crops not used for feeding to live stock on the farms, and thus is only a partial indication of any change in production. The quantity of farm crops sold off farms in 1925 was, however, smaller than in 1908, though the difference was probably not more than 10 or 11 per cent. No very satisfactory comparisons can be made of the output of fruit, vegetables, flowers, &c., but it is believed that there has been a substantial increase in production since 1908.

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