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FARM MANAGEMENT 



Some of the cheese-making sections of the East are able 

 to continue the business by roughing the cattle through 

 the winter as cheaply as possible, and depending mostly 

 on the cheap feed furnished by pastures for cheese making. 

 In other cases, milk is shipped to the cities in winter when 

 there is a good demand, and cheese is made in summer. 



FIG. 16. Distribution of dairy cows in 1910. One dot represents 5000 



cows. 



The average price received by farmers for butter in 1910 

 and 1911 was 25 cents in Iowa, 29 cents in New York, 

 and 33 cents in Massachusetts (Table 9). The New York 

 farmer receives 16 per cent and the Massachusetts farmer 

 32 per cent more than the Iowa farmer. These differences 

 are sometimes cited to show how rich the Eastern farmer 

 ought to get by making butter. 



But the cost of production has just as much to do with 

 profits as the price received. Comparing the cost of raw 

 materials (feed) in these states, we find that corn is 56 

 per cent and hay 71 per cent higher in New York than in 



