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 V. The output of livestock products

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CHAPTER V.—THE OUTPUT OF LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS. 1. Meat production.—Having regard to the dependence of this country on meat imported from overseas, a knowledge of the extent of our home production is very necessary, but the task of ascertaining the total weight of meat produced from the native herds and flocks offers possibly greater difficulties than arise in the case of any other important product. It is obviously not practicable to ascertain from farmers the number of cattle, sheep and swine actually slaughtered, as in most cases the animals are not killed on the farm. The number of animals sold fat and ready for slaughter would be a very indifferent guide, even if complete returns from farmers could be got, as there would certainly be considerable duplication. A fair approximation would probably be obtained by means of returns collected from all the slaughterhouses and butchers throughout the country, but the practical difficulties have hitherto prevented the adoption of this method, and in any case such returns would still exclude a large number of sheep and pigs killed on farms. In default of any more satisfactory method the practice adopted in 1908 has been followed by which the numbers of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered annually for food are calculated from the differences shown in the number of live stock on June 4th as between one year and another, allowances being made for births and deaths during the twelve months. The total pro- duction of meat is then calculated by multiplying the estimated number of animals slaughtered by the estimated average dressed carcase weight.* The accuracy of the final estimate depends on the accuracy (a) of the allowances made for births and deaths, and (6) of the average dressed carcase weight of meat which the animals slaughtered are assumed to yield. Exact figures are not easy to obtain, but in 1925 a very large number of returns * METHOD OF CALCULATING PropucrioNn or MEAT IN EXGraND axp Warns. Beef —The number of cattle slaughtered is obtained by deducting from the number of cattle one year old and above at one census (a) the estimated number of natural deaths during the year, viz., 2% per cent: of the average number of cattle 1 year old and above during the year and (b) the number of cattle two years old and above at the following census: This gives the slaughter of cattle from among those enumerated at the beginning of the year and to this number is added the imports of store cattle from Ireland and Canada, to give the total slaughter in the year of cattle fattened in England and Wales. The average dressed carcas® weight of 628 1bg, is applied to the figure of the total slaughter to give the estimated production of beef. Veal.—To the number of animals under one year old at one census 19 added estimated births of calves during the following twelve months: Births are estimated at 8¢ per cent. of the average number of dairy cattle during the year. Natural deaths of calves during the twelve months: estimated at 11 per cent. of the average of the numbers of animals under one year old at the beginning and end of the period, are deducted and from

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