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pasture at this time and the result is a greatly increased 

 flow of milk. In spite of the fact that a great many far- 

 mers have begun winter dairying — that is, have regulated 

 the period of lactation so that the greatest part of the milk 

 is produced during the winter when prices are high — the 

 increased amount of milk during the early summer months 



TABLE xx 

 Relative Monthly Production, Marketings, and Prices of Butter 



Month 



January . 

 February 

 March . .. 



April 



M ay 



June- .. . 



July 



August. .. 

 September 

 October .. 

 November 

 December, 



Mean 



relative 



monthly 



production 1 



in 1910 



6.4 



5-5 

 6.8 



79 



11.0 



12.5 



10.6 



9.6 



9.2 



7-9 

 6.5 

 6.1 



Mean relative monthly re- 

 ceipts (Chicago, New 

 York, Milwaukee, and 

 St. Louis.) 



1880-92 



5-7 

 5-3 

 5-6 

 6.0 



7-9 



12.3 



13.0 



11.0 



9.8 



9.0 



7-5 

 6.9 



1 893- 1 90 1 



7.0 

 6.4 

 7.2 



7-3 

 9.1 

 12.4 

 1 1.0 

 9.2 

 8.1 

 8.1 

 7.0 

 7.2 



Mean relative price of 

 butter in 13 cities 



1 902- 1 1 



109.2 

 108.9 



108.8 



103.0 

 94.1 

 8S.9 



88.8 

 91.8 

 96.9 

 986 

 104.0 

 109.2 



(From Bulletin 101, Bureau of Statistics, U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 



is still sufficient to depress the price in the summer as com- 

 pared with prices in the winter when the production of 

 milk is less. The heaviest of these three months is June. 

 Table no. 20 shows the relative amounts of butter pro- 

 duced during the twelve months of the year, the relative 



1 Record of 197 creameries well distributed geographically. Varia- 

 tions are to some extent determined by the varying number of days in 

 the months. 



