i9i i.J Agricultural Conditions in Great Britain. 949 



The total value of the above products for the whole of the United 

 Kingdom amounts to ^10,509,000. 



Butter, Cheese, and Margarine Factories and Workshops. — The fol- 

 lowing" statement of output is based on returns received from factories 

 and workshops engaged in the manufacture of butter, cheese, cream, 

 margarine, and similar products, and in the blending of butter. Butter, 

 cheese, &c, made by farmers are not included, nor the butter, cheese, 

 &c, made by ordinary retail dairies as a subsidiary part of their busi- 

 ness, or for the purpose of using up surplus milk and cream. Only 

 establishments manufacturing such products on a commercial scale are 

 referred to. 





England 



and 

 Wales. 



Scotland. 



Ireland. 



England 



and Scotland. 

 Wales. 



I 



Ireland. 



Output. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



Butter, made or blended 

 Cheese ... 



Cream, sold 



Margarine (including all 

 kinds of artificial or 

 imitation butter) 



Other products ... 



Total value of output ... 



Cost of materials used... 



Value of output less cost 

 of materials used 



Cwts. 

 408,000 

 53,000 

 Imp. galls. 

 750,000 



Cwts. 

 745,000 



(Rea 



Cwts. 

 14,000 

 20,000 

 Imp. galls. 

 2I4,O0O 



Cwts. 

 66,000 



irded by v 



Cwts. 

 670,000 

 2,000 

 Imp. galls. 

 I34,OO0 



Cwts. 

 65,000 



ihte o?ily) 



£ 



2,206,000 

 155,000 



291,000 



1,758,000 

 1,293,000 



£ 



83,000 

 32,000 



65,000 



169,000 

 30,000 



£ 



3,505,000 

 6,000 



42,000 



1 54,000 

 313,000 









5,703,000 



379,000 



4,020,000 









4,960,000 



312,000 



3,663,000 









743,000 



67,000 



357,coo 



The total value of the above products for the United Kingdom is 

 ^10,102,000. 



The Monthly Agricultural Report, issued by the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries on February 8th, gives the following general summary of 

 agricultural conditions in Great Britain on February 1st : — 



The Crop Reporters of the Board, in reporting on agricultural con- 

 ditions on February 1st, generally mention that the weather of January, 

 after the first fortnight, was favourable to the 

 Agricultural autumn-sown crops. In consequence of this 

 Conditions in improvement, the appearance of the young 

 Great Britain wheat was, on the whole, more satisfactory than 

 on February 1st. a mon th previously. Early-sown wheat nearly 

 everywhere may be said to be looking fairly well, but the later sown 

 crops are mostly a thinner plant. Much of the land which had been 

 flooded in December will have to be re-ploughed, and the appearance of 

 the surviving crops is poor. At the end of the month there was some 

 frost, particularly in the east and midlands, which was of advantage to 

 the heavy lands, but Scotland appears to have had unusually mild 

 weather. The general open weather allowed of fair progress in pre- 

 paring the land for the spring corn; and in the south-west a certain 



