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3. Breed of Cows. — Farmers having Jersey and Guernsey 

 herds as a rule find it more profitable to sell cream or make but- 

 ter than to sell milk unless they can obtain a special price for 

 their milk. 



4. Small Herds.- — There are a great many farms in New 

 Hampshire keeping from one to five cows. Altho each of them 

 does not furnish a large quantity of butter a very large part of 

 the total made in New Hampshire is made from such herds. Un- 

 less near the railroad station many of these small producers 

 seem to prefer to make their product into butter. 



5. Special Market. — The good opportunity for creating and 

 finding special markets at 35 to 40 cents per pound of butter 

 thruout the year induces many farmers to make butter. In 

 places there is also a very ready sale for both skim milk and but- 

 ter-milk at 15 to 20 cents a can which adds considerable to the 

 profit. 



6. Miscellaneous.^ — In addition to the reasons alrcadv given, 

 many farmers were found making butter on the farm because 

 of the value of the skim milk and butter-milk for raising calves, 

 hogs and for feeding chickens ; others were too independent or for 

 other reasons would not market their milk thru the contractor, 

 even where a market was available, and others because the sale of 

 butter removes the least fertility from the farm. Some farmers 

 during the summer boarder season find an excellent market for 

 their milk and cream and prefer to make butter the rest of the 

 year in preference to selling their milk under a yearly contract. 



INFORMATION SECURED FROM GRANGES. 



In order to obtain a general idea of the extent of farm butter- 

 making in various parts of the state, the cooperation of the 

 granges was asked for to the extent of giving names of farmers 

 making l)utter within their respective territories. 



A circular letter enclosing return postal cards was sent to 286 

 granges in the state. In all, 142 Granges or 50 per cent, an- 

 swered the correspondence. 



The cards received contained the names of 551 farmers making 

 butter. In addition to the names the following information as 

 tabulated below was obtained : 



