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MiLk PRODUCTION* IN EACH AGRICULTURAL DIVISION
OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN 1924-25.

Division.

Eastern -
North-Eastern
South-Eastern
East Midland -
West Midland
South-Western
Northern -
North-Western
North Wales -
South Wales -

Excranp and
WALES.

Number of cows and heifers
in milk or in calf.t

Cows in
milk or
in calf.

Heifers
in calf.

Total.

128,718
126,813
203,124
205,851
280,725
358,526
229,027
482,922
118,692
180,852

26,222
30,589
38,937
18,573
45,012
56,278
38,202
36,509
.6,400
16,208

154,940
157,402
242,061 |
254,424
325,737
114,804
267,229
539,431
135,099
197,060

2,315,257

372,930

2,688,187

Total
Milk
Production.


Average
annual
yield of
milk per
cow and
heifer.

Millions
of gallons
72-6
62-1
112-0
105-1 ©
136-1
163-7
110-7
240-5
46-5
67-8
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Production
 of
milk per
1,000
acres
of erops
and
oarass.

Gallons.
26,000
20,000
46,000
38,000
49,000
55,000
37,000
79,000
43,000
39,000

43.000

* Iixcluding whole milk fed to calves and pigs.
© Average of numbers on 4th June 1924 and 1925.

It will be seen that the north-western counties account for
over 20 per.cent. of the total milk production and the southwestern
 for nearly 15 per cent., whereas the eastern division
produces less than 7 per cent. although the yielding capacity of
the cows in the division is high.

In Map XVI is shown diagramatically the relative production
of milk in proportion to the area of crops and grass in each
county. This takes into account the relative density of the cow
population as well as the average milk yield of the cows kept in
the different counties, which reflects the variations due to the
production of milk for sale only, in comparison with mixed
dairying.

The north-western counties of Lancashire, Cheshire, Derby:
Stafford and Flint produce most milk in relation to their sizes
followed by Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire in the south-west:
The smallest Production of milk in proportion to agricultural
area 18 In the north-eastern counties, where pasture land iS
least plentiful,

The Disposal of Milk— Nearly three-quarters of the milk
produced in England and Wales (other than that fed to calves
and pigs) is sold off the farms as liquid milk, and if allowance
be made for the milk consumed in farm households as liquid