2 THE MILK FACTORY 



of producing the maximum quantity and quality 

 of milk from a given amount of feed. The dairy 

 barn is the dairyman's milk factory, and like 

 the mxll 6y/tier r he brings his raw material in one 

 door and after passing it through the factory, takes 

 his finished product out of another door. 



LARGER DAIRIES 



Volume of business and expense decide profit 

 or loss. (Volume means quantity.) Dairy ex- 

 penses must be borne by every quart of milk. 

 A dairy producing only 10 quarts of milk makes 

 each quart bear TO of the entire cost of operating 

 the dairy. A dairy producing 200 quarts of 

 milk makes each quart bear only 2wth of the en- 

 tire cost of operation. The expense of operating 

 a 2OO-quart dairy is not 20 times as great as the 

 expense of operating a lo-quart dairy. The di- 

 vision of expenses among 200 quarts makes each 

 quart carry a much smaller tax than where ex- 

 penses are divided among only 10 quarts. A 

 sufficient volume of milk is necessary to pay the 

 cost of good dairy operations. Small business 

 means loss, while large business means profit. 

 Fifty acres of cultivated land supporting 15 



