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marketing of huge surpluses seeking- fluid prices at any season. Un- 

 even production does present certain serious problems to the industry 

 within the milkshed. and the cooperatives have been as anxious to 

 prevent a milk shortage at any period as to discourage overproduc- 

 tion at another period. Either situation is detrimental to the indus- 

 try as a whole. 



On the other hand, the individual producer interested in the use of 

 his peculiar resources and the management of his herd to maximize 

 his income may not find it profitable to have an even production. 

 Certain resources such as available pasture may not have a better 

 alternative resource. This situation may be relatively more com- 

 mon as one travels from the market to the more distant zones of 

 the milkshed where profitable dairying is likely to be on a more ex- 

 tensive basis. In an area as far from the market as Colebrook the 

 wholesale price of fluid milk as well as the price of surplus is nor- 

 mall}- low and the operator must take advantage of all his resources. 



The average daily milk production on the 38 farms was lowest in 

 February with 220 pounds and highest in Jiuie with 340 pounds. 

 (Fig. 8). Except for a two-months' period from May 15 to July 

 15 the daily average production did not vary more than ^S pounds 

 above or below 250 pounds. While there was a marked peak of 



POUNDS 

 OF MILK 



450 



400 



550 — 



PRICE PEE (^UNCEED 

 POUNDS or tstllK. 



500 



2S0 



200 



I IS I IS I IS I 15 I 15 I IS I 15 I 15 I IS I IS I IS I IS I 

 OCT. NOV. DEC. JAU. FEB. MAP. APP. MAY JUNE JULY AUC. 5tPI. 



FlGiiU:; 8. AvcraKc ihiily milk prixlmtioii, ratinj^, ami pricrs l'<ir fluid 

 and surplus milk on the 38 farms during the period studied. 



