Tin 1 difference hetueeli market price ;ill<l other bases doe* lint affect the eont of production 

 to any great extent in the -nmmcr hut a> -tat.-.l in tin- Int. -run K.-|>rt of tin- Comnuttro it in 

 otic of the (leteriuinin^ lact.n- in winter milk |tr<xliictioii. 



The full statement of the eo-t .if producing milk at the farms during the |x>riod will he found 

 in Table A in the Appendix, hut the following siimmai\ ^ives the duel item- 



TABLE 1. 



Si \IM\I:\ OK COSTS in l'u..i.i . IN, MII.K M i UK FVKMS 

 Foods valued at Market Pri< 



It will be seen that the total net cost per gallon at the farm, taking home-grown foods at 

 market prices, is : 



Pence. 



Great Britain ... 11'32 



England and Wales ... 9'12 



Scotland ... 14-47 



These results, however, are affected by the questions of depreciation and appreciation of the 

 cows and other dairy stock as will be seen from the following Table 2 and Table 3 later, and the 

 remarks thereon. 



V. YIELD OF MILK. 



The total yield of milk during the period was : in England and Wales, 875,414 gallons, and 

 in Scotland, 613,398 gallons, the total for Great Britain being 1,488,812 gallons. 

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



Great Britain ... 

 England and Wales 



Si-ntland 



Cows in Milk. 



Gallons. 



2-171 



2-28 



Total Herd. 



Gallons. 



1-892 



1 77 

 2-09 



The percentage of dr\ cows in the herds for the costing period was a- follows : 



Pel cent. 



(ireat Britain I-TOO 



England and Wales 16'39 



Scotland 8"29 



MM 



A 3 



