74 THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 



be depended upon to do both. The income, however, in the 

 future as in the past, will necessarily depend largely on 

 the skill and intelligence with which the business is man- 

 aged. 



The latest figures obtainable show the number of milch 

 cows in the state to be 129,900. Their total valuation is 

 $4,200,966. The average valuation per head is $32.34 or 

 $4.90 per head higher than the average for the entire coun- 

 try. The geographical distribution of milch cows by coun- 

 ties is shown by Plate I. 



The number of farms in each county, their average size 

 and the average number of milch cows per farm, is as fol- 

 lows: 



Av. No. 

 Total No. Av. No. acres cows 



farms. per farm. per farm. 



Belknap 1,864 110.5 3.6 



Carroll 2,413 150.9 2.3 



Cheshire 2,660 138.7 4.2 



Coos 1,895 173.6 6.0 



Grafton 4,173 148.6 6.4 



Hillsborough 4,137 109.8 5.1 



Merrimack 3,893 122.5 4.4 



Rockingham 4,240 78.2 3.4 



Strafford 2,216 88.9 3.1 



Sullivan 1,833 143.1 4.4 



The average cow in New Hampshire is producing about 

 11.57 pounds of milk daily or 4,223.05 pounds in one year. 

 On this basis 1,502,943 pounds of milk are produced in one 

 day and 548,574,195 pounds represents the total yearly 

 product. This amount is equal to 516,305,030 pints or 258,- 

 152,515 quarts. The amount of milk produced annually 

 in each county is shown by Plate II. 



In disposing of their milk New Hampshire farmers are 

 favored with a variety of good markets. The population 

 of New Hampshire is now about 430,000 and the amount of 



