112 PROFITABLE DAIRYING 



who make an effort to deliver milk or cream in 

 good condition appreciate the value of cooling. 



Selling cream to city trade. Instead of selling 

 cream to a butter factory, it may be sold for 

 direct consumption. This is probably the most 

 profitable method and yields the largest returns. 

 The demand for good cream is rapidly increas- 

 ing. In every city patrons may be found who 

 want good cream and are willing to pay for it. 

 They may be hotel managers, boarding house 

 keepers, candy makers, ice cream manufacturers, 

 or other people who are ready to contract for 

 cream of a certain richness at a definite price per 

 gallon. 



To illustrate that it pays to cater to this sort 

 of trade, let it be assumed that a dairyman can 

 sell a gallon of twenty-five per cent cream for 

 seventy cents. This may be more than a farmer 

 can obtain in certain sections, but in many parts 

 of the country even a higher price than this 

 can be obtained. 



A gallon of cream weighs from 8.2 to 8.4 

 pounds, depending upon its richness. Roughly 

 speaking, a gallon of cream testing 25 per 

 cent contains about 2.1 pounds of fat. This 

 2.1 pounds of fat will make about 2.5 pounds of 

 butter. If 70 cents is received for a gallon of 

 25 per cent cream, it is practically equivalent 

 to 28 cents a pound for butter. Besides this the 



