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and 103.15 of butter (3.67 per cent.) for a consumption of 2,073 units of 

 forage. 



In the whole country 130.2 kilogrammes of milk were, on an average 

 obtained for 100 units of forage in 1914 and 134.4 kilogrammes in 1913. 

 Thus the production per hundred units has diminished, the diminution 

 being accentuated within the sphere of certain societies. In 1915 the 

 consumption of forage decreased almost universally and the forage consum- 

 ed consisted in a larger proportion than previously of oil-cakes. These 

 two circumstances prove that the efforts made to diminish the use of ce- 

 reals as forage have not been fruitless. On the other hand the excessive 

 restriction of the consumption of forage in some districts seems to have 

 caused a decrease in production wliich is too large to be economicalh^ pro- 

 fitable. 



