§ 47. Colonel ROPNERasked the Minister of Agriculture to what extent his statistics show that despite the milk surplus the number of milch cows is increasing?
| Average Wholesale Prices (per cwt.) of butter during July, 1929, and July, 1935. | ||||||||||
| Description. | July, 1929. | July, 1935. | ||||||||
| 1st quality. | 2nd quality. | 1st quality. | 2nd quality. | |||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
| British Dairy | … | … | 191 | 6 | 170 | 6 | 116 | 6 | 98 | 0 |
| Argentine† | … | … | 165 | 0 | 159 | 0 | 86 | 0* | 82 | 0* |
| Australian (salted) | … | … | 171 | 6 | 165 | 6 | 91 | 0 | 87 | 6 |
| New Zealand (salted) | … | … | 175 | 6 | 171 | 6 | 94 | 0 | 91 | 0 |
| Danish | … | … | 179 | 6 | 175 | 0 | 104 | 6 | 102 | 0 |
| * One week only. | † At London only. |