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 ak which it would seem that taken in the broadest sense the agri- cultural production in the two years was not very different. In very large part, this output is the product of live stock; the cattle, sheep and pigs killed for meat, the milk and dairy produce, the poultry, eggs and wool entering into consumption having collectively in 1925 an aggregate total value of £155 millions or 69 per cent. of the agricultural output. Thus, in one form or another, the production of live stock is the first and foremost concern of the farmer and the main source of revenue from the land. Corn, potatoes and sundry farm crops (excluding crop used for feeding to farm live stock) make up a second large group of agricul- tural products, but in the aggregate these only represent a value of £46 millions or a little over 20 per cent. of the total of £225 millions. The corn crops taken alone account for less than 11 per cent. Indeed, as a selling crop, corn holds relatively a much less important place in the agricultural economy than is often supposed, though in the eastern counties of England it is on many farms one of the main sources of revenue. Nevertheless, taking England and Wales as a whole, the value of the live stock and live-stock products very far exceeds the value of the crops sold, as distinct from those used for feeding. The third group of products includes fruit and vegetables (excluding potatoes) grown for human consumption, glass-house and nursery produce, and these are estimated to have a value of nearly £25 millions. These are round figures which give an approximate idea of the relative importance of the different branches of the industry. So far as these estimates can be compared with similar calcula- tions for 1908 there seems evidence that the increases and decreases in production have more or less balanced one another and that the loss in meat production and in wool already mentioned may be set off against the extension in dairying and in poultry-keeping, and that any reduction in farm crops is made up by an extension in vegetable, fruit and similar crops. The output of crops and live stock is, however, not entirely the production of the land of the country, as there is an appreciable importation of feeding stuffs and fertilisers or of raw materials from which feeding stuffs and fertilisers are manufactured in this country. As import figures are only applicable to the United Kingdom as a whole it is not possible to make any estimate of the amount consumed in England and Wales alone, and consideration of the question how far the crop and live-stock production is dependent on food and fertilisers brought in from abroad must be reserved until complete figures of production are available for the whole of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. For the same reason it is not possible in the present Report to make any estimate of the relation of home production to the total food supply though it is hoped to do this at a later date when information as to the production of Great Britain and Northern Ireland can be compared with imports.

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