160 CLEAN MILK 



The returns from 290 gallons of 4 per cent, milk, sold as 

 follows, are : 



As 114 pounds of butter, at 22 to 40 cents per lb. with 



value added of skim milk to farmer $30.29 to $55-30 



As ordinary milk in cans at 12 to 19 cents per gallon.. 34-8o " 55-10 



As cream, with value of skim milk added 37-13 " 47-8& 



Clean, cooled cream shipped on ice in cans, with value of 



skim milk added 4977 " 57-77 



Clean, cooled bottled cream, with value of skim milk 



added 57-77 " 65.77 



Certified bottled milk 81.20 



These figures, of course, cannot be taken as applying pre- 

 cisely to conditions in any given locality, or to any one time. A- 

 considerable range in the prices of butter, cream and milk will' 

 be observed in the foregoing table. As great fluctuations occur,, 

 however, owing to the season or locality, the higher prices rep- 

 resent those prevalent hereabouts at present (Seattle, Feb. 1908). 

 Certified milk is sold at the same uniform price the year round,, 

 as it is not affected directly by the laws of supply and demand at: 

 the present time. The figures are only given to show how to-, 

 calculate approximately relative returns from milk products, and. 

 it will be found that the returns for ordinary market milk are about: 

 the same as can be gotten from a creamery for butter. Moreover,, 

 the higher returns received from the sale of bottled certified milk, 

 must not be taken as necessarily indicating that the maximum profit: 

 accrues from selling milk in this form. It may well be that the 

 extra cost of labor, fuel, ice and plant, required for its production,, 

 will amount to 2 or 3 cents a quart. 



It is impossible to fix the value of skim milk for feeding and' 

 fertilizer, as it depends upon such variable factors as the value 

 of veal and pork, the price of other food stuffs, the value of 

 milk in the locality and the knowledge of the person using it as to 

 the best way to feed it. Skim milk is said to be worth $1.00 a 

 hundredweight in midwinter to feed to hens with corn meal, while. 



