Sept., 1909.] A STUDY OF FARM BUTTER-MAKING. 275 



Where the local price for farm butter is low, due to a large 

 supply or poor markets, the city otfers a market. JNIany city 

 stores can handle good butter to better advantage than a town 

 store. In several instances it was found that farmers were 

 marketing butter through the city stores, receiving thirty to 

 thirty-three cents a pound delivered at the nearest railroad 

 station. 



A few farmers were visited who marketed their butter through 

 commission houses. This is the least profitable method for dis- 

 posing of butter, as it often requires two middlemen before it 

 reaches the consumer. The commission and express generally 

 amount to from one and three-quarters cents to two and one-half 

 cents per pound. The returns to the producer will vary from 

 six to eight cents less per pound than when sold to stores. 



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YIELD OF BUTTER. 



To obtain data on the 3'ield of butter obtained under farm 

 conditions records as tabulated below were kept of ten churnings 

 on different farms. In no case was suggestion given by the 

 representative from the station until churning was completed. 



The term "overrun" is commonly used to express the yield 

 of butter. To find the overrun, as for instance in the case of 

 churning No. 1 in the above table: Subtract the amount of 



