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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Xi] year there has been some recovery and in 1925 the numbers were 15,975,000. The decline has been mainly in arable districts. The average number of pigs kept in the five years 1921-25 (2,658,000) was higher than in any corresponding period, but whether this is an indication of any permanent or continuous increase in pig-keeping is uncertain. There have always been great annual fluctuations in the numbers of this class of stock. Apart from the changes in the numbers of animals, meat production has been affected in the case of cattle and sheep by the earlier age at which animals are now slaughtered and their lower average weight. As a result the average annual output of meat of all kinds in the five years 1921-25 was only about 14,912,000 cwt. or 15 per cent. less than the average production of 17,593,000 cwt. in 1909-13. The figure for 1924-25 taken alone (16,391,000 cwt.) was considerably higher than the average of the last five years, but it was increased by an exceptional production of pigmeat in that year. There has been a reduction in beef but an increase in veal, which has resulted in a decrease in the home supply of beef and veal of rather less than 15 pér cent. In the case of mutton and lamb the decline is much more marked and represents a fall of no less than 38 per cent. since before the war. The reduction in the number of sheep has also resulted in a decrease in wool production. These are striking figures, especially in the case of an industry which seems to have such a large unsatisfied market at its door and they tend to neutralise the satisfaction that may be felt at the expansion of the dairy industry. Pig-meat, however, showed a small increase on the five-year average. A distinct development is evidently taking place in poultry-keeping, there being an increase in egg production of some 50 per cent. as compared with 1908, In order to obtain a more general view of the agricultural production of England and Wales than can be obtained by considering the various products individually, a calculation is made in Chapter VI showing the total value of the output of the land. In order to avoid duplication it is necessary to exclude from this calculation the value of materials produced on farms but used for feeding stock and also the value of stock or produce sold by one farmer to another. The estimate thus represents the value of the agricultural and horticultural produce sold to the non-farming community or consumed in farmers’ households ; in other words it is the value of the gross output of the land actually entering into consumption. Out of this has to be paid rent and wages as well as the cost of feeding stuffs not grown in this country, fertilisers, machinery, implements, rates and many other charges. The figure of output for 1925 works out at £225 millions Exact comparison with 1908 is difficult, but in that year the aggregate output was estimated at £127 millions so that the increase in 1925 was 77 per cent. The rise in the general level of agricultural prices in the same period was also 77 per cent.. from

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