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BULLETIN 716, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



number of cattle (Tables IX and XIII), higher prices received 

 (Table XI), and the growth of dairying (Table IV). 



Dairying has always been but a small part of the farm business in 

 this area, and for the period covered by this study receipts from the 

 sale of dairy products amounted annually to but $53 per farm, or 

 less than one- fourth of the total cattle receipts. However, a notice- 

 able increase in dairying has taken place during the five-year period. 

 In 1912 the dairy receipts for none of the 25 farms exceeded $100, 

 while in 1916 they amounted to over $100 for seven farms. 



In 1912 the dairy receipts on these farms amounted to $27 per farm, 

 and were entirely from the sale of butter. The following year one 

 farm began shipping cream. In 1914 a cream station was operated 



Fig. 8. — Cattle sales, including small quantities of butter and cream, comprise one- 

 fourth of all the farm receipts. The yearling steers and heifers shown above are to 

 be sold the following year. They represent the prevalent type of cattle raised in 

 the area. 



at Waterford, and in the spring of 1915 a creamery was started at 

 Vincent. Though there has been no rapid advance in dairying in 

 Palmer Township, the selling of cream stimulated it until in 1916 

 the sale of dairy products amounted to $77 per farm. This growth 

 is shown by years in Table IV. 



Table IV. — fJrairth in dairying on 25 farms, 1912-1916 (Palmer Township, 

 Washington County, Ohio). 



Item. 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



Receipts from dairy products fper farm) 



Per cent of total farm receipts from dairy products... 

 Per cent of dairy receipts from cream " 



827 

 3 



$38 

 5 

 14 



S50 



5 



30 



$70 



8 



65 



$77 



7 



68 







o To include all dairy products except butter. 



