9 



Oilier noticeable differences are to be found in the quantities of hay and straw fed on the 

 farms of the two countries ; much more hay and somewhat less straw being fed in England 

 than in Scotland. All these facts the heavier quantities of roots, straw, and the smaller 

 quantities of hay fed in Scotland might have been expected from what is generally known 

 of systems of cropping and feeding followed on Scottish farms. 



TABLE 2. 



Comparative Statement of the weight and cost of ration per cow day, and for gallon of milk in 

 England and Wales and in Scotland. (All cow* in herd.) 



NOTE. Purchased foods are taken at cost prices and homegrown foods at market prices, less cost of 

 marketing. The period covered is For England and Wales 1st October, 1919, to 30th April, 1920, and for 

 Scotland 1st November, 1919, to 30th April, 1920. The above figures are gross ; manurial values have not 

 been deducted. 



IX. HOME-GROWN FOODS AND COST OF PRODUCTION OF MILK. 



In connection with the ration and its cost, the method of valuation of the different food 

 materials is of great importance. Throughout the records the charge for purchased foods. is 

 the cost, plus any charge for cartage and preparation, or in other words, at the actual total 

 cost. In the case of homegrown foods, however, the position is not so simple. When the 

 investigation commenced there was no knowledge of the cost of growing these crops on the 

 farms. Moreover, had such information been obtainable, there is much controversy on the 

 question whether home-grown foods should be charged at cost, or at market prices. In 

 compiling the cost records from week to week, the farmers who supplied the records stated 

 their own prices for their home-grown foods, and the cost has been aalculated both on the 

 estimated market prices for each district, and on the values of home-grown foods as estimated 

 by the fanners. The figures used in this Report are those obtained by costing on the basis of 

 market prices (less cost of marketing) for homegrown foods. Taking Great Britain as a 

 whole, there is little difference between the resulting costs based on the two systems of 

 valuation, the comparative figures being as follows : 



Net Cost per Gallon. 

 Based on Farmers' Based on Market 

 Valuation of Home- Prices for Home- 

 grown Foods. grown Foods. 



Great Britain 

 England and Wales 

 Scotland 



Pence. 

 34-41 

 36'23 

 30-84 



Pence. 

 35-19 

 37-56 

 30-51 



In respect of certain District Groups, however, the differences are much greater. The 

 most striking is that in the case of Group No. 3, England and Wales, where the cost per 

 gallon at farmer's prices is 38'21d., and on market prices 45"20d. ; but Groups Nos. 5 and 

 10, England and Wales, also show comparatively large differences. 



