86 SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF NORWICH AND DISTRICT 
Total Cattle and Cows in Milk—During the last ten years the number 
of cattle has increased by 30,000 head to a total of 154,883 in 1933. During 
the same time there has been a very large increase in the number of cows 
in milk, for there are now 41,000 cows in Norfolk. Before the War Norfolk 
farmers took little serious interest in milk production, but Norfolk is now 
an important milk-producing county. Practically the whole of the milk 
is sold wholesale to London, and many farmers have adopted modern 
methods for producing milk of higher quality. The Milkers’ Competi- 
tions held by the County Council have been amongst the largest held in 
England, the entries this year being over two hundred. The Norfolk 
Milk Recording Society has done much valuable work in fostering the 
development of dairy farming in Norfolk, and Norfolk dairy farmers are 
usually to be found in leading places in the National Milk Competitions. 
Total Cattle. Cows in Milk. 
1924 - - s 124,285 33,637 
1925 : . - 140,857 34,582 
1926 ‘ , eM ia oie 36,480 
1927 - 147,006 37,551 
1928 . : . 134,014 36,670 
1929 E : £5 LAGIe3 36,701 
T9300 es 139,127 37,278 
1931 prabies - 135,065 37,151 
1932 § : Latha 9 TAG, 39,110 
1933 2 : pA tee Sy. Be 40,861 
Pigs—The pig to a very great extent is found in large numbers where 
there are waste products to be consumed. In milk-manufacturing areas, 
potato and corn-growing districts, there is frequently quite wholesome 
produce that cannot be marketed through the usual channels. In Norfolk 
the very large pig population is due to the large quantities of ‘ tail ’ barley 
and potatoes in the marshland district that are available for feeding 
purposes. The number of pigs in the county has been maintained at a 
high figure during the past three years, due to the operation of the Pigs 
Marketing Board, and the pig population is now one of the largest in the 
country. The most popular breed is the Large Black, which is usually 
crossed with a Large White boar, of which two breeds there are a number 
of excellent pedigree herds in the county. Great interest has recently been 
taken in bacon production, and, as is usual when the Norfolk farmer 
undertakes a new enterprise and has the necessary capital, the undertaking 
is being well done. New houses of the Danish type are not infrequently 
erected and the science of pig-keeping is being studiously followed. 
There are no bacon factories in Norfolk and the pigs are mostly sent to 
the Bury and Ipswich factories in the adjoining county. 
Pigs. 
Eg2z4)° : 5 . 196,493 
1925. ‘ : . 168,570 
1926. 4 : . 123039 
