AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF DAIRYING 317 



Less milk is furnished the city during July, August, or September than 

 during January by the zones nearer the city. 7 These zones are the districts 

 of most intensive dairying. The supply from the further zones, however, 

 is much greater during the summer months. Prices paid for milk to be 



40 



20 



Jan. Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 



Dec. 



FlG. 56. PRODUCTION AND PRICE FOR 149 BROOME COUNTY FARMS COMPARED WITH 

 RECEIPTS ON, AND WITH AVERAGE PRICES PAID AT SHIPPING STATIONS TO PRODUCERS 

 FOR, THE NEW YORK MARKET 



shipped to cities during these months must be in close accord with the 

 prices that can be obtained from milk by making it into butter, cheese, or 

 condensed milk, else milk will be attracted to the shipping stations from 

 the factories and too great a surplus results. Production on these Broome 

 County farms is more' typical of the far zones than of the districts nearer 

 the city. 



7 Preliminary Report of the Joint Legislative Committee on Dairy Products, Livestock, and Poultry. 

 New York Senate Document, no. 35, page 340. 



