Association expenses, or a total of $8.54. Subtracting $8.54 

 from $129.73, the total average cost (see page 5) leaves 

 $121.19 as the expense per cow per year. Milk to the 

 amount of 5,540 pounds equals 2,462.2 quarts,^ or, in other 

 words, it costs $121.19 to produce 2,462.2 quarts of milk, or 

 4.92 cents yer quart. 



At a selling price of milk ranging between 30 to 40 cents 

 per can, or from 3.7 to 4.7 cents a quart, the farmer no 

 doubt is selling milk below the actual cost of production. 



Comparison of Increase in Cost of Production with 

 Increase in Price obtained by Farmer. 



The following table shows the increase in the cost of the 

 most common feeds and the increase in price of milk to the 

 farmer and the increase in price to the consumer in 1904 

 and 1912. 



Prices for hay have been obtained from reports of Boston 

 Chamber of Commerce. Prices for grain have been obtained 

 from a table compiled by J. B. Lindsey, Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. The price of milk per 

 quart to the farmer is the price paid in the middle zone by 

 one of the largest milk contractors in Boston. The price 

 paid by the consumer is the price paid for milk delivered in 

 glass for family use in Boston. 



' An average quart of milk weighs approximately 2.15 pounds. Owing, however, to shrink 

 age in handling, the quart of milk when ready for sale will be the product of approximately 

 2.25 pounds. Therefore 2.25 is here used in reducing pounds to quarts. 



