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Table 6. — Number of Producers by Average Daily Deliveries 

 Full-time Producers, 1935 



Table 7. — Average Butterfat Test of Purchases from Full-time 

 Producers, by De.'\lers in Group I and Group IV. 



Characteristics of the Industry Hinder Rapid Adjustments in Production 



Those persons familiar with the milk business appreciate only too well the 

 significant features of dairy farm production. Outstanding, of course, is its 

 seasonality — heavy production in the so-called flush months in the spring, and 

 light production in the short months in the late fall. In addition to its seasonal 

 variations, dairy production conforms to a cyclical movement of 14 to 16 years' 

 duration. 



Milk production rerjuircs its special facilities, many of which arc not adaptable 

 to other farm enterprises. These are a part of the business but they have been 



