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375. The seasonal distribution of calf and milk sales in west Wales and the probable influence of climatic conditions on the rate of calving during the autumn months and on the consequent milk production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

R. Phillips  and
J. L. Davies
R. Phillips
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
J. L. Davies
Affiliation:
Department of Geography and Anthropology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
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It is suggested that the seasonal distribution of the sale of surplus calves through the collecting centres of the Ministry of Food in west Wales during the years 1943–6 is a reasonably accurate reflexion of the rate of calving in the areas associated with these centres. It is shown that between the centres there is a considerable difference in the seasonal distribution of calf sales, and that the percentage numbers of autumn calf sales (September to December) show a gradual decline from the westerly coastal centres to the easterly inland ones. It is also found that the figures for the milk production and particularly the milk deliveries into the factories during the period September to December support the above suggestion.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , January 1949 , pp. 1 - 13
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1949

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