PART II 



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\i THK YKAI; s IN\ INSTIGATION 



The Committee'-. Interim Import dealt with tin- IVMI|I- ..I' the \\mt.-i period .,n,| I'art I of 

 this Ke|M>rt il<-:ils with the Mtl tr tin- summer period. 



It is de-irahle to combine the whole re-lilt- obtained -d iis lo arri\e Ml the co-l of |ir<Mhletion 



throughout ;i eomplele Near, whieh extend- in ill.' CM-C of Kngland Mild Wale-. from (lie let 



her. I'.H'.I. lo the .'tnil, September. I'.I-JM. mid in llie ea-e of S.-otl;iiid from lli,. 1st November. 



J919, to the :UM (i.-tober, 1920. 



\ I T. COSTING METHODS. 



same principle- huve been followed in arriving at the year's results a- are outlined in 

 paragraph I of Cmd. 1028. 



Home-grown foods have been included at average market prices. 



Mil IM.-ri/TS FOT{ Till'. COMIM.KTK FEAB 



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The following: Table No. I i- a siiiiiinar\ of tin- ,-oMs of producing milk at the farms for 

 the complete year, the full detail-- o| which are sbown ill Table 1 of the \ppcndix. 



TABLE 4. 



Si \IM\MY ill- 'COSTS ol I'Rinn , l\., MUK \l IHK F\HMS. 

 HoMK.-t IHOWN i-'iidKS \l M\l!Ki:t I 'KICKS (FOR TWELVE MONTHS) . 



It will be seen that the total nett cost for the year per gallon at the farm, taking home-grow n 

 foods at market prices is : 



Pence. 



Great Britain ... ... ... 23'87 



England and Wales ... ... ... 24'94 



Scotland ... 22'05 



It will be seen from the above figures that the ascertained cost of production in Scotland is 

 2'89d. per gallon lower than in Kngland and Wales, the difference arising from i-he,i|M-r costs 

 [K-r gallon tor lalxmr. food, genera] e\pen>c> and depreciation on utensils. The appreciation on 

 the herds (including other dair\ stock 1 is also lower. 



XIV COMPARISON OF COSTS Rl; THF. WINTI.I; AM) SUMMKK I'KIHOpS OF 



THE INVESTIGATIONS. 



The following Table No. ."> shows the comparative co>t.- for the tir-t and -ecoml periods for 

 Great Britain. England and Wales and Scotland. 



3S698 



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