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



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Demand and price received for dairy batter. 



It will be noted that the price of butter as reported by granges 

 varies from 20 to 35 cents a pound and as reported by individ- 

 uals from 22 to 40 cents. In comparing these prices with the 

 average price obtained from statistics gathered in the field work 

 very little difference was found. , 



Average price per potind of hxUter. 



In order to figure accurately the average price for the state it 

 would, of course, be necessary to know the amount sold at the 

 different prices thruout the year. The summer prices generally 

 range from 25 to 35, and the winter price from 30 to 40 cents 

 per pound. The cases reported and observed where butter has 

 been sold for less than 25 cents a pound are comparatively few 

 and it has been due either to an inferior, article or to a surplus 

 of butter in the local jnarket. Few of the farmers receive as 

 high as forty cents. 



Considering these factors and the small difference found in 

 the average obtained from three different sources, it is be- 

 lieved that 28.5 cents very nearly represents the average price 

 for farm butter in New Hampshire. 



After having obtained thru correspondence a general idea of 

 the dairy conditions in different sections of the state, and also 

 having had from several farmers in each section an expression 

 af willingness to cooperate with the Station, it was thought desir- 

 able to place a man in the field to obtain more detailed in forma- 



