6 N. H. Agr. Experiment Station [Bulletin 280 



Hampshire. Not counting value of pasture, average feed cost of rais- 

 ing a heifer on 191 farms was $67 for the year ending May 1, 1933. 



The majority of the dairy farmers in southern New Hampshire are 

 raising most or all of their dairy replacements, and in some cases 

 young stock to sell. Cheap milk and abundant pasture are conditions 

 which determine the profitableness of raising young stock as a separate 

 enterprise. 



On 201 farms there were 60 heifers for each 100 cows on May 1, 

 1933. About one-fourth of the cows inventoried at the beginning of 

 the year were disposed of. 



About one-half of the cows sold for production by fanners who were 

 raising heifers for herd maintenance were released for reasons which 

 would indicate that they were not profitable cows to own. The aver- 

 age price for these cows was $59 as compared with $77 received by 

 farmers who made it part of their business to raise cows to sell. {Pur- 

 nell Fund) 



What Are Extra Costs of Grade A Milk? 



To learn the extra costs of producing Grade A milk as compared 

 with Grade B, 100 records were obtained by E. H. Rinear and H. C. 

 Moore from producers shipping through one Grade A station. Addi- 

 tional records must also be gathered from a section producing only 

 Grade B milk before comparative costs can be listed. 



Another phase of this study concerns the most economical method 

 of preventing bacterial development in milk from the time it is drawn 

 from the cow until it is delivered to the consumer. (Purnell Fund) 



Milk Retailing Proves Inviting 



Fifty-four producer-distributors in Laconia averaged more on their 

 labor in retailing than their milk was worth at the net wholesale price 

 for the zone. This condition in the lake-city market was brought to 

 light in a study begun by E. H. Rinear in 1932 and published in 

 1933 in Station Bulletin 272. The cost figures obtained in this in- 

 vestigation are now being used in determining minimum code price 

 for other local markets. {Purnell Fund) 



Investigating Logging Possibilities 



Following the detailed mapping of the town of Dorchester, land-use 

 research in Grafton county was continued this year by H, C. Wood- 

 worth and M. F. Abell with a rapid survey of the forest cover of 16 

 towns. The data on this indicate that the Dorchester forest cover is 

 typical of the large back area of the section. A trained forester with 

 experience in milling and lumber demand is now determining what kind 

 of logging might be done in this area and under what conditions, it 

 might be profitable. If little timber can be taken out profitably in 

 the next 20 years, the people living in these communities will need 

 to seek employment elsewhere. {Purnell Fund) 



