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The Members of the Agricultural Costings Committee are as follows : 



Representing : 



Ministry of Food. 



Sir HAREY PEAT, K.B.E. (CKairmari). 



LORD BLEDISLOE, K.B.E. 



Sir W. ANKER SIMMONS, K.B.E. 



E. P. WISE, Esq., C.B. 



C. B. FISHER, Esq., C.B.E. 



A. P. McDouGALL, Esq., C.B.E. 



Sir HENRY REW, K.C.B. 

 Hon. E. G. STRUTT, C.H. 



Sir ROBERT GREIG, LL.D. 



J. RAMSAY, Esq., O.B.E., M.A. 



Professor J. R. CAMPBELL. 

 Dr. HINCHCLIFF. 



C. S. ORWIN, Esq. 



Mrs. REEVES. 



R. B. WALKER, Esq. 



E. W. LANGFORD, Esq. 

 A. BATCHELOR, Esq. 



Col. Sir NUGENT EVERARD, Bart. 



Ministry of Agriculture. 



Board of Agriculture for 

 Scotland . 



Department of Agriculture 

 and Technical Instruc- 

 tion for Ireland. 



Oxford Institute for Re- 

 search in Agricultural 

 Economics. 



Consumers' Council. 



Agricultural Council. 

 Irish Agriculturists. 



CONTENTS OF REPORT. 



PART I. THE SUMMER PERIOD. 



I. Particulars of the Farms on which the Investigation has been made . 



II. Particulars of the Herds 



III. Costing Methods ,,, 



IV. Results of the Investigation ... 



V. Yield of Milk 



VI. Gross and Net Cost of Foods to Cows 



VII. Comparison of Rations 



VIII. Homegrown Foods and Cost of Production of Milk 



IX. Maintenance of Herds 



X. Comparison of Costs per Gallon and Yield of Milk by Districts 



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PART II. THE COMPLETE YEAR. 



XI. The Year's Investigation ... ... 



XII. Costing Methods ... ... ... 



XIII. Results for the Complete Year ... ... 



XIV. Comparison of Costs for the Winter and Summer Periods of the Investigation 



XV. Comparison of Cost per Gallon and Yield of Milk by Districts 10 



XVI. Other Dairy Stock 11 



XVII. General . 11 





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Note. The cost of the preparation and publication of the Interim and Final Reports on this 

 investigation is estimated at 15,300 of which 70 7s. Od. represents the cost of printing. 



