MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
55, WHITEHALL,
LONDON. S.W.1
26th November, 1942 PRESS NOTICE M.A.F. 858
VICTORY CHURN CONTEST
New Positions in the County Milk Leagues
The Ministry of Agriculture’s Victory Churn Contest is measuring
the efforts of in and the every county England Wales to maintain milk supply.
It is producing some surprising results in the six leagues that have been
created for second series of to be competitive purposes. The tables published since the competition began in April have been compiled from the
actual sales figures of the Milk Marketing Board and they relate to the month
of September.
They show that 37 of the 6 1 counties marketed more milk than in
September, 1941, In June, 48 counties recorded increases.
Wales continues its remarkable lead with 11 of the 12 shires in the
such that have trebled Principality’s League recording progress they doubled,
and even quadrupled the points scored in June.
Ministers' Congratulations
In heading the Welsh League, Pembrokeshire retains the lead for the
the head of the country as a whole, Cumberland, at Northern League, has
displaced the West Riding (now in fourth place), and another outstanding
achievement in the northern tourney is the elevation of Westmorland from the tenth to the third position.
With Soke of Peterborough’s decline to seventh place in the Eastern
League, Kesteven move to the top and in the Midland League Nottingham
remains in the lead whilst Hereford who shared the top position have fallen
dangerously near the foot of the table.
with other Isle of Wight are strongly placed in comparison
counties but continues close to Cornwall Southern League Dorset a runner up for the honours in the Western League.
Lord Woolton, Minister of Food, and Mr. R.S. Hudson, Minister of
Agriculture, have sent telegrams of congratulation to the War Agricultural
Committees for the counties at the top of their respective leagues.
The current contest will close with the publication of tables based
on milk sales in March, 1943• Interim tables will be compiled from of statistics for December* A silver Victory Churn, the gift an anonymous
of this donor, will be held by the six championship counties at the close year ' s
contest. Gold and silver certificates are also to be awarded for outstanding
results achieved by individual farmers and their herdsmen*
based The attached league tables are on September returns. LEAGUE TABLES
THE PRESENT POSITION
NORTHERN LEAGUE EASTERN LEAGUE WESTERN LEAGUE
Cumberland + 28 Kesteven + 7 Cornwall + 26 Lancashire + 25 Norfolk +4 Dorset + 23
Westmorland + 24 Cambridge + 1 Devon + 12
WAR. Yorkshire + 25 Holland + 1 Somerset + 6
Durham +22 West Suffolk - 1 Wiltshire + 5
N.R. Yorkshire + 20 Lindsey - 3
Derby + 16 Soke of Peterboro* - 8
6 - Cheshire + Huntingdon 10
3 - Northumberland + East Suffolk 10
Stafford + 2 Isle of Ely - 12
E.R. Yorkshire - 5
MIDLAND LEAGUE SOUTHERN LEAGUE WELSH LEAGUE
of Pembroke Nottingham + 11 Isle Wight + 22 + 59
Monmouth 10 + 3 Hampshire + Caernarvon * 52
4 Northampton . + 3 West Sussex + Anglesey + 51
Rutland + 2 Oxford - 1 Carmarthen + 44
Gloucester 0 Kent - 2 Merioneth + 43
Leicester - 2 Surrey - 6 Cardigan + 39
- 6 - 28 Shropshire East Sussex 15 Radnor +
Warwicks - 7 London & Middlesex - 15 Denbigh + 26
Hereford - 7 Berkshire - 16 Montgomery + 22
Bedford - 12 Buckingham - 17 Glamorgan + 17
Worcester - 15 Hertford - 20 Brecknock + 6
Essex - 22 Flint 0
20th November, 1942
Stats. 163.