§ Mr. P. Browneasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish the figures for 1960–61 comparable to those produced at Table V in 85W the Report by the National Resources (Technical) Committee entitled "Scale of Enterprise in Farming."
Mr. VaneThe figures in this table of the Report were derived from the "two-year identical samples" of the Farm Management Survey. The figures from the Farm Management Survey for the two-year identical sample for 1959–60 and 1960–61 are as follows:
NET FARM INCOMES IN ENGLAND AND WALES RESULTS FOR IDENTICAL SAMPLES OF FARMS IN EACH YEAR £'s per farm Size-groups (acres) 1959–60 1960–61 Dairying 0–50 … … … 553 591 51–100 … … … 793 876 101–150 … … … 1,089 1,109 151–300 … … … 1,602 1,878 301–500 … … … 2,379 2,466 Livestock 0–50 … … … 366 548 51–100 … … … 606 625 101–150 … … … 712 848 151–300 … … … 917 1,071 301–500 … … … 1,429 1,678 501 + … … … 1,087 1,558 Mixed 0–50 … … … 456 591 51–100 … … … 748 897 101–150 … … … 1,032 1,182 151–300 … … … 1,576 1,769 301–500 … … … 3,112 3,082 501 + … … … 5,843 5,867 Arable 0–50 … … … 667 697 51–100 … … … 1,204 1,342 101–150 … … … 1,627 1,675 151–300 … … … 1,904 2,405 301–500 … … … 3,655 3,957 501 + … … … 6,667 6,332 Source: Farm Management Survey.