A certain element of profit is therefore included, and this must be taken into consideration 

 in forming any conclusions upon the figures. 



The full statement of the cost of producing milk at the farm during the period will be 

 found in Table A in the Appendix, but the following summary gives the chief itams. 



TABLE I. 



SUMMAEY OF COSTS OF PEODUCING MILK AT THE FAEMS. 

 Homegrown Foods Valued at Market Prices. 



It will be seep 'the total net cost per gallon at the farm, taking homegrown foods at 

 market prices, is : 



Pence. 



Great Britain 35'19 



England and Wales 37'56 



Scotland 30'51 



The costs per gallon and yield of milk for each district are shown later in Tables 5 and 6. 



For the effect of varying prices of homegrown foods on costs of production see later, 

 Table 4. 



The cost per gallon in the several local districts varies in England and Wales from 30'60 

 pence in the district comprising Hants, Berks, Bucks, and Oxon to 45'77 pence in the dis- 

 trict comprising Somerset, Wilts, Gloucester, Worcester and Hereford. 



In Scotland the cost per gallon varies from 25 '41 pence in the district comprising Dum- 

 fries, Kirkcudbright and Wigtown to 35'00 pence in the district including Eenfrew, Dum- 

 barton, Bute, Argyle and Stirling. 



The maximum number of farmers was not obtained until the work had been in progress 

 for about two months, with the effect that the comparatively lower cost obtaining in October 

 did not exercise its proper weight in the figures owing to the comparatively small number of 

 farms then being costed. 



VI. YIELD OF MILK. 



The total yield of milk during the period was : in England and Wales 1,122,990 gallons, 

 and in Scotland 572,196 gallons, the total for Great Britain being 1,695,186 gallons. 

 The average yield of milk per cow per day was as follows : 



Great Britain 

 England and Wales 

 Scotland 



Cows in Milk. 



Gallons. 



1-942 



1-84 



2-13 



Total Herd. 

 Gallons. 



1-517 



1-476 



1-574 



England and Wales (Northern Division) 

 England and Wales (Southern Division) 



1-86 

 1-83 



1'53 

 1-45 



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