FARM MANAGEMENT PRACTICE OF CHESTER COUNTY, PA. 47 

 Table XXII. — Relation of number of cows to butter making. 



Number of cows. 



Number of 

 farms. 



Percent of 

 farms sell- 

 ing butter. 



Per cent of 

 farms sell- 

 ing dairy 

 products 

 in other 

 forms. 



Per cent of 

 farms sell- 

 ing no 

 dairy 

 products. 





123 

 122 

 71 

 39 

 23 



38.2 



5.7 

 7.0 



39 

 92.6 

 91.6 

 100 



100 



22.8 



6 1 to 12 



1.7 



12.1 to 18 



1.4 



IS. 1 to 24 





Over 24 













Table XXIII indicates that those farmers who sell milk during the 

 summer season to creameries make more profit than those who ship to 

 wholesale milkmen the year round. Thus, of the 60 farms 61 to 80 

 acres in size, 65 per cent sell some milk to creameries in the summer 

 time, while 18.3 per cent ship market milk the year round. The labor 

 income of those who sell milk to the creameries averages $801:, while 

 that of the exclusive market milkmen is only $612, or about 24 per 

 cent less than that of the men who sell some creamery milk. 



Table XXIII. 



-Relative profitableness of ereamery milk and market milk in 

 Chester County. 







61 to 80. 



121 to 160. 









60 



65.0 



18.3 



61 





65.6 





18.2 











$804 

 S612 



81,267 

 81,010 











$192 

 23.8 



8257 





20.3 







A very similar result is shown for the 61 farms in the 121 to 160 

 acre group. The same proportion of men sell part of their milk to 

 creameries, the same proportion sell only market milk, and the labor 

 income of the latter is 20 per cent less than that of the former. 



There are probably two reasons for this difference in the profits 

 made by these two groups of men. In the first place, those who are 

 so situated as to be able to patronize the creameries get approximately 

 as much for their cream as they would for whole milk, and have their 

 skim milk left as feed for calves, poultry, and pigs. In the second 

 place, it is probable that those who sell creamery milk do more summer 

 dairying than those who sell only market milk, and on account of the 

 very excellent pastures in this locality their cost of production aver- 

 ages lower than it does on farms that do more winter dairying. 



Beef cattle. — A few farms were .found in this survey on which a 

 number of cows of no particular breed, but mostly of dairy blood, 

 were kept but not milked. They were utlized to raise a number of 



