AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF DAIRYING ON 149 FARMS IN 

 BROOME COUNTY, NEW YORK 



E. G. MlSNER 



The rapid growth of the milk trade, increases in the cost of milk pro- 

 duction, and advances in the price of milk to consumers, have made the 

 economic problems concerned in the production, transportation, and dis- 

 tribution of market milk of increasing public concern. This bulletin is 



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CHEESE FACTORIES, AND BUTTER AND CHEESE 

 FACTORIES, 



a report of a cost study, concerned only with the problems of production, 

 not with those of transportation or distribution. The costs in terms of 

 dollars are out of date because prices have changed, but the quantities are 

 not affected so much by price changes. 



AUTHOR'S ACKNOWI-EDGMENTS. The dairymen of Broome County, New York, furnished the produc- 

 tion data for this study. The investigation was under the direction of Professor G. F. Warren, of the 

 Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, New York State College of Agriculture. 

 Professor E. S. Savage, of the Department of Ar.imal Husbandry, advised for that part of the study relating 

 to feeding. Professor K. C. Livermore gave criticisms and helpful suggestions. E. R. Minns assisted the 

 writer in doing the field work. To these and to all others who helped with the work, the writer is indebted. 



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