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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 12 

 COST OF PRODUCTION AND METHODS OF MARKETING 



Cost of production : Cost of producing milk, 246 Cost 

 of raising heifers, 250. 



Marketing dairy products : Ways of marketing, 253 

 Value of skim-milk in cities, 254. 



Questions and problems . . . . . . 



Collateral reading 



CHAPTER 13 



OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS FOR SUCCESS IN DAIRY FARMING 258-288 



Ways of measuring profit : The most important factors 

 for success, 258 Ways of measuring profit, 258. 



Size of business: Size of business, 259 Relation of size 

 of farm to efficiency in use of labor, 260 Relation of size 

 of farm to work done, 262 Relation of size of farm to 

 efficiency in use of horses, 264 Relation of size of farm to 

 efficiency in use of machinery, 265 Relation of size of 

 farm to efficiency in use of capital, 265 Size of herd, 267 

 Summary of size of dairy farms, 268. 



Returns per cow : Reason for poor returns, 269 Costs 

 and returns must both be considered, 271 Poor producers 

 promptly sold, 271 Size of cows, 271. 



Crop yields: Soils for the dairy farm, 274 The well- 

 balanced farm, 274. 



Diversified and specialized dairy farms : Relation of cash 

 crops to profits, 276 Relation of capital to amount of stock 

 to keep, 277 Acres per animal unit, 278 Reasons for 

 large profits on diversified farms, 279. 



Some successful farms : A successful dairy and hog farm 

 in Iowa, 281 A successful diversified dairy farm in New 

 York, 285. 



Questions and problems "-..' 287 



Laboratory exercises 288 



Collateral reading 288 



