THE MODERN FARM 



elsewhere, that there Is no profit in producing market 

 milk at present wholesale prices, and yet the fact re- 

 mains that many farmers are not only providing a good 

 livelihood for their families, but at the same time are 

 educating their children and paying off mortgages that 

 earlier conditions made necessary, or that came as a 

 heritage. There is no question, to-day, but that dairy 

 farming provides a ready market for a large amount 

 of directly non-salable farm products that can be con- 

 verted into readily salable animal products and thus be 

 made to return a good profit. From a business view- 

 point, the conditions that are essential in establishing 

 this profit are a converting machine— the dairy cow — 

 well adapted to the work expected of her, and a well 

 organized system of farm management for making this 

 converting machine do Its work efficiently. 

 V Those farming sections of Litchfield County that He 

 within easy reach of good markets, generally show the 

 highest prosperity. This Is due to the fact that a va- 

 riety of farming projects can be undertaken, so that 

 there will be several sources of revenue, and, further- 

 more, to the fact that near-by markets provide the 

 smallest cost of handling between producer and con- 

 sumer. It Is a well established fact that In our large 

 cities about two-thirds of the cost price, to the consumer, 

 of food products used Is represented In the cost of 

 transportation and handling, and in the profits of those 



