§ Mr. P. Browneasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish up to date figures comparable to those produced at Table V in the Report by the Natural Resources (Technical) Committee entitled, "Scale of Enterprise in Farming."
NET FARM INCOMES IN ENGLAND AND WALES RESULTS FOR IDENTICAL SAMPLES OF FARMS FOR SUCCESSIVE PAIRS OF YEARS £'s per farm Size-groups (acres) 1956–57 1957–58 1957–58 1958–59 1958–59 1959–60 DAIRYING 0–50 … 444 560 565 489 551 547 51–100 … 696 826 842 875 914 788 101–150 … 979 1,236 1,234 1,309 1,352 1,013 151–300 … 1,657 1,848 1,900 1,980 1,976 1,590 301–500 … 1,589 2,429 1,868 2,733 2,986 2,175 LIVESTOCK 0–50 … 468 563 571 476 463 323 51–100 … 643 824 843 833 769 603 101–150 … 844 1,149 1,199 967 908 743 151–300 … 1,130 1,445 1,444 1,200 1,228 861 301–500 … 1,826 2,230 2,091 1,932 1,711 1,341 501+ … 1,594 2,358 2,278 1,657 1,700 1,179 MIXED 0–50 … 512 509 513 568 573 464 51–100 … 682 791 719 782 822 726 101–150 … 986 1,051 1,093 1,179 1,230 1,039 151–300 … 1,718 1,806 1,839 1,755 1,787 1,540 301–500 … 3,051 3,576 3,648 3,131 3,090 2,939 501+ … 4,587 4,923 5,134 5,352 5,185 6,301 ARABLE 0–50 … 535 648 602 658 690 625 51–100 … 843 869 1,037 1,146 1,141 1,192 101–150 … 1,303 1,395 1,658 1,679 1,470 1,776 151–300 … 1,760 1,490 1,653 2,093 2,037 1,903 301–500 … 2,704 2,805 3,162 3,230 3,192 3,209 501+ … 4,553 6,675 6,022 5,544 5,155 6,745 Source: Farm Management Survey.