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the best way out of the difficulty, or how can 

 the returns be increased? The answer is 

 obvious : first, by increasing the yield of butter 

 either by obtaining an increase in the yield 

 of milk, or by improving the fat percentage, 

 or, next, by improving the quality of the 

 butter and obtaining a higher price. All 

 these propositions are possible, and where 

 the small holder has no other source of income 

 from his cows than that obtained by making 

 butter, he must of necessity turn his attention 

 in these directions. How far he is able to 

 go may be realised by a knowledge of one fact 

 — that it is possible to obtain an average 

 yield of 450 lb. of butter per cow in a herd 

 of much larger size. In order that this 

 suggestion may not be regarded as an exag- 

 geration, we may point to the fact that the 

 herd of cows owned by Dr Herbert Watney 

 has frequently averaged 450 lb. of butter 

 per cow, and if we are not mistaken — for we 

 speak from memory, deriving our information 

 from Dr Watney's lips and from inspections 

 of his herd and balance-sheet — the price 

 realised was Is. 6d. per lb. 



In reference to cases of this kind it is 

 frequently remarked by those who are urged 

 to do likewise, that men of means are'fable 



