CHAPTER III 



COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL RETURNS FROM DAIRYING 



DAIRYING may be described as a safe industry and 

 a safe investment, for the increase of population 

 with its insistent demand keeps well ahead of 

 production. 



There is no other branch of farming which brings 

 such a regular return as Dairying. The quick 

 monthly settlements for milk or cream provide 

 payment of wages, living expenses, and other out- 

 goings on a farm, whereas many months have to 

 elapse before this can be done in other branches. 

 This alone should create confidence in dairy farm- 

 ing as a safe industry. 



An income may be derived in three ways : 



(I) By sale of milk retail. 



(II) By sale of milk wholesale. 



(III) By sale of cream and milk fed porkers. 

 Other sources of income are Buttermaking and 



Cheesemaking, but as these two lend themselves 

 to Factory Dairying and have to-day grown to such 

 an extent that they are almost industries by them- 

 selves employing a great deal of capital, it would 



