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platform from which it was hired hauled. The average 

 distance to the platform was .55 miles. The cost to haul 

 for each dollar's worth of milk averaged $.058. The 

 average distance from the platform to the creamery to 

 which the milk was hired hauled was 5.4 miles, and the 

 cost for each dollar's worth of milk averaged $.056. It 

 cost the farmer more to hitch up and haul the milk half a 

 mile than to hire it hauled ten times as far. 



Because of the high cost of hauling, we find along every 

 railroad that carries milk to cities a more or less irregular 

 boundary line at varying distances from the railroad, 

 beyond which the milk is made into butter or sold to 

 creameries, or cheese factories. If the price of milk rises 

 a little, there is a very large supply that is available, on 

 a day's notice. It is this great reserve supply that makes 

 it difficult to raise the price of milk. 



In choosing a farm or deciding on a type of farming, 

 one must consider the cost of hauling the products. 



RELATION OF SUPPLY AND MARKET DEMAND TO TYPE OF 



FARMING 



Of the many phases of this subject, the following are 

 here discussed : relation of yield per acre to value of the 

 crop ; changes in comparative values of products ; periods 

 of overproduction and underproduction ; special demands 

 of certain markets ; supplying the home market ; and 

 supplying the farm family. 



57. Relation of yield per acre to value of the crop. - 

 Few other industries are so subject to violent changes in pro- 

 duction and consequent changes in prices. When a manu- 

 facturer buys a certain number of hides, he knows fairly 

 definitely how many shoes he will have to sell. But when 



