Allocation of Costs of Jewish/Zionist Milk Production in Palestine Compared With United Kingdom before 1948 (Nakba). Table 3: Milk Production Per Man YearBritish Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume I - Page 335. Chapter IX: Agriculture: Section 2: Animal Health and Produce.(c) Milk Production in Palestine : Table 2:

CHAPTER IX.

ALLOCATION OF COSTS OF JEWISH MILK PRODUCTION COMPARED WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Table 2.

Purchased foods.

Concentrates Hay

Total of purchased foods Home grown grain

Home grown straw

Home grown hay

Home grown green fodder, etc. including pasture

Total of home grown foods Total fodder

Labour, direct

Herd replacement and bull costs Miscellaneous costs

Sale of surplus calves and value of manure Aggregate of above costs

United
Palestine Kingdom
% %
17 32
6 -
23 32
} 1
8 16
25 12
39 29
62 61
18 19
10 11
10 9
-~
100 100 45 mils per litre of milk.

Notes:-

1. The allocation o( the U .K. costs being on a pre-war has is, the amount allocated to purchased food is higher than in Palestine or in the U.K. under war conditions

2. The allocation of coat of green fodder, which in the U .K. includes natural grazing, is disproportionately high in Palestine for the following reasons: -

(a) All is grown under irrigation which accounts for 10% of the cost, (b) As all animals are stall fed, transport from field to byre is

included and in some cases the distance is several miles. (c) The high cost and low efficiency of labour.

Table 3,

Mn,K PRODUCTION PER MAN YEAR.

Palestine

U.K. (the efficient producer is stated to produce 45,400 litres estimated average) New Zealand (4,500 lbs. butter fat calculating milk containing 3.5% fat)

Notes :-:«

The reason for the high labour requirement in Palestine is discussed in

notes 2 and 3 to table 2. "

21,300 litres

37,500 litres

57,100 litres

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