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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.