THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 75 



milk consumed daily is about one pint or one pound per 

 capita. Approximately, 156,950,000 pounds are consumed 

 annually, the remainder being manufactured into butter, 

 cheese, condensed milk or shipped to the Boston market. 



The following figures show approximately how New 

 Hampshire farmers are disposing of their milk at the pres- 

 ent time : 



Made into cheese on farms 950,000 lbs. yearly 



Sold to condensed milk factory 1,275,000 lbs. yearly 



Sold to cheese factories 23,606,000 lbs. yearly 



Sold to Boston contractors 73,397,000 lbs. yearly 



Sold to creameries 138,415,000 lbs. yearly 



Made into butter on farms 143,981,000 lbs. yearly 



Consumed within the state 156,950,000 lbs. yearly 



Total yearly product 548,574,000 pounds 



There is in the state at the present time one condensed 

 milk factory, seven cheese factories, 52 creameries and 146 

 stations from which milk is shipped to Boston. Plate III 

 gives the location of each of these markets. 



The condensed milk factory is located at Whitefield. It 

 was erected and equipped at a cost of about $50,000 and 

 furnishes a good market for nearby milk producers. 



The cheese factories are seven in number and represent 

 an investment of about $10,000. Their location is as fol- 

 lows: 



Bear Rock Cheese Factory, Stewartstown ; Cedar Brook 

 Cheese Factory, Stewartstown; Clarksville Cheese Factory, 

 Clarksville; East Colebrook Cheese Factory, East Cole- 

 brook; Columbia Cheese Factory, East Columbia; Hood's 

 Cheese Factory, South Lancaster, and the Valley Brook and 

 Percy Stream Factory at Pittsburg. 



About 2,500 New Hampshire farmers are now engaged in 

 producing milk for the Boston market. Milk is transported 

 in 8%-quart cans, packed in special refrigerator cars at- 

 tached to passenger or freight trains. During the past 



