68 THE NEW BUSINESS OF FARMING 



road hauling his product to the creamery or at 

 some other unproductive work is giving away 

 the price of the work done at the creamery. 



Butter made from clean cream under sanitary 

 conditions is worth more than that made from 

 the average creamery cream. The farmer who 

 sells such butter receives more money for a 

 better product and does not simply ask an ad- 

 ditional price because the product goes out 

 under his name. In this sense he is not seek- 

 ing a special market. Whether or not the farm- 

 er 's net income will be increased if he spends 

 his time in cleanliness in the dairy and in con- 

 verting his clean cream into a high-grade fin- 

 ished product is purely a matter of the indi- 

 vidual conditions. 



The ideal condition, it goes without saying, is 

 the proper kind of cooperation between the 

 farmers of the neighborhood. 



Climate and soil are the most important fac- 

 tors to consider in determining what crops to 

 grow. Freight and express rates to the best 

 markets have a big finger in the pie; and the 

 amount of land available to compete in produc- 



