December, 1931] Dairy Faeming in Grafton County 5 



monotony by decreasing materially the time required for the enumera- 

 tor to record the details of his business. 



Within the area previously described, the only method employed in 

 the selection of farms was to include those for which complete sales 

 records of dair,y products were available for the 3-ear ending ]\Iarcli 

 31, 1930. This information was occasionally supplied by the farmer, 

 particularly in cases where the milk or milk products were sold locally 

 either wholly or in part. The ten-page questionnaire used was detailed 

 and comprehensive ; the farmers are to be commended on their pa- 

 tience and perseverance in submitting to the ordeal. 



Grafton 



County 



I ' I Area coveklo by suKi't 



Figure I. Maps showing area covered by the survey. 



Some of the important data are presented from a group of 395 farms 

 instead of 414. Nineteen records were finally eliminated from certain 

 calculations for various reasons. A majority of them lacked complete 

 information concerning the production of milk and the receipts there- 

 from for a part or all of the year. A very few evidenced abnormal re- 

 sults from dealings in lumber, trading in cattle, or because the opera- 

 tor purposely' gave inaccurate information. On the whole, however, 

 the farmers were most agreeable, willing to co-operate and painstak- 

 ing in their efforts to further the interests of the undertaking. 



