Table 6. Percentage of Sales of Skim Milk and Skim Milk Products 



by Month, 1955 



(See Table 7.) Cottage cheese is the most popular purchased item, follow- 

 ed by buttermilk. This means that many dealers have no capacity for 

 making cottage cheese and buttermilk, but do consider themselves able to 

 produce cream, and throw away the resulting skim. 



The disposal problem, while present all year, is greatest during April, 

 May and June. The purchase problem, on the other hand, reaches the peak 

 during July and August. Any discussion of the profitable operations of a 

 milk handler should include an examination of the potential uses for the 

 skim milk not now reaching commercial channels. It should also include a 

 discussion of the most economic sources for purchasing skim milk pro- 

 ducts. July and August are the months of highest purchases. We find also 

 in Table 8 that the purchases of all by-products comprise a larger propor- 

 tion of sales for the medium-sized dealers than either for the very small or 

 large dealers. 



Table 7. Relationship of Skim Milk 

 Dumped to Skim Milk Equivalent Pur- 

 chased as Products by Months — 1955 



Table 8. Percent of Annual Non-Fluid 

 Sales From Purchases of Milk By- 

 products. 



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