34 J ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE 



Arithmetic: 



1. If a butter maker gets an overrun of 20%, how much butter 

 will he make from 986 lbs. of cream? 



2. If a man has 10 cows, each giving 20 lbs. of milk per day, 

 how many pounds of milk will he get per day? How many pounds 

 of butter-fat will he get, if there are 4 lbs. of fat in each 100 lbs. of milk? 



3. What is the value of 1,175 lbs. of skim milk at 15c. per hun- 

 dred pounds? 



CO-OPERATION IN DELIVERING MILE OR CREAM 



Co-operation Reduces Cost. — We have found that the 

 farmer who hauled his cream to the creamery three times 

 each week spent 6 hours of time for himself and team; 

 which, at 30c. per hour, costs him $1.80 per week or $93.60 

 per year, simply for marketing the cream from ten cows, 

 each giving daily 20 lbs. of milk testing 4% fat. This is 

 certainly quite an item, especially at a time when farm help 

 is as scarce as it is at present. 



If three such farmers would co-operate in hauling cream, 

 so that each would haul but one day each week, the cost 

 would be very little more than one third as much as when 

 each markets his own cream. There would be a saving 

 each year of about $60 per farm or $6 per cow. 



We have found (page 333) that it cost a farmer, with 

 ten cows, $4.20 per week or $218.40 per year to market 

 whole milk, because he was obliged to go to market every 

 day. If three such farmers, living near each other, were 

 to co-operate in marketing their milk, about % of this cost, 

 or $155, would be saved to each farm; which is over $15 

 per cow per year. An increased profit of $15 per cow is 

 worth consideration. 



Creamery Company Hauls Cream. — It has been sug- 

 gested that instead of each farmer's hauling milk or cream 

 to a creamery, the creamery company employ teams to 

 haul the cream or milk from all the farms. It would cer- 

 tainly seem that there might be a very great saving realized, 

 if this suggestion were followed. One man and team thus 

 employed could haul all the cream from twenty to sixty 

 farms, depending on the condition of roads, distance to 

 haul and size of herds. 



Consider. — Spend a few moments figuring on these prob- 

 lems as they may apply in your particular locality. If 



