Cows

Mr. J. H. Osborn
asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his estimate of the average price of milking cows now being sold at market; how this compares with the position a month and two months ago as well as over the same period last year; and how prices at markets in south Yorkshire,  south Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire have differed from the national average.---------------------------
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Mr. J. H. Osborn
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many cows have been slaughtered in each of the past 10 weeks; how this compares with the number slaughtered in the same period a year and two years ago; what -------
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|November 1973|…|November 1972|…|November 1971|…|
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|December 1973|…|December 1972|…|December 1971|…|
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|January 1974 |…|January 1973 |…|January 1972 |…|
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Mr. Anthony Stodart
The average prices of first quality Friesian cows in milk were as follows:—are now the number of milking cows; and what is the output of milk, indicating how this compares with a year and two years ago.

Mr. Anthony Stodart
The information requested is as follows:—