244 FARMING ON FACTORY LINES 



The manure resulting from a ton of decorticated 

 cotton cake (we are quoting Professor Crowther's table 

 throughout) is £2 14s. 10d., and that resulting from 

 the consumption of a ton of maize meal is 13s. 2d. 

 Using this data, the value of the manure produced by 

 a cow fed on Ration 1 for the winter half-year (160 

 days) is £2 10s. lid., whilst that produced by a 

 cow fed on the Continuous Cropping ration is worth 

 £3 3s. 6d. This is assuming that all the food is fed 

 indoors. In the case of the Continuous Cropping 

 ration, a quantity of the giant rape, even with dairy 

 cows, would often be consumed on the land, and 

 therefore the manurial value of the ration would be 

 higher. 



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