THE IDLENOT PAPERS. 



CHAPTER XV. 



COST OF PRODUCING MILK ONE CENT A QUART, OF BUTTER 

 TEN CENTS PER POUND, AND OF PORK THREE CENTS PER 

 POUND, BEEF FOR FOUR CENTS A POUND, AND MUTTON 

 FOR NOTHING, IF WOOL IS THIRTY CENTS A POUND. 



AT Winning Farm I have by careful tests demonstrated 

 that milk can be produced for one cent a quart, and a 

 clear though small profit made. More than twice as 

 much profit can be made by converting the milk into 

 butter, even though the butter is sold for ten cents a 

 pound, providing the skim-milk is fed to improved 

 breeds of swine. For producing pork with skim-milk 

 and grass, no breed is equal to the well-bred Berkshire. 

 I will as briefly as possible tell how milk can be produced 

 for one cent a quart, then show how much more can be 

 made by converting the cream of the milk into butter, 

 and finally how the greatest amount of pork can be 

 raised from the skim-milk. 



To begin with, we will assume that a farmer has a 

 good farm of 50 acres, with a comfortable house and a 

 barn 36 by 48 feet. This barn will hold not far from 25 



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