70 SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF CHEESE-MAKING 



that can be given is to make either butter or cheese, 

 but not to mix the manufacture of the two products. 

 Some cheese-factories drop cheese-making in the 

 fall and make butter during the winter. The rela- 

 tive price of cheese and butter will determine which 

 pays better. In general, it can be said that butter- 

 making pays better than cheese-making whenever the 

 price of butter is greater than two and one-third 

 times the price of cheese per pound. For example, 

 when cheese sells at 10 cents a pound, butter-making 

 will pay better/ if the price of butter is above 23 1-3 

 cents a pound. 



