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milk made into butter will depend on the richness of the milk. 

 If it will test 4 per cent of fat, then the 1000 lb. will contain 

 40 lb. of fat. Under ordinary conditions this will make about 

 44.5 lb. of butter. This at 35 cents a lb. is worth $15.57. 

 Add to this the value of 800 lb. of skim-milk and 150 lb. of 

 buttermilk, a total of 950 lb. at 25 cents a hundredweight, 

 equal to $2.37, a total of $17.94 for the 1000 lb. of milk when 

 made into butter. This gives a balance of $1.67, in favor of 

 making butter, to say nothing of the value of the fertilizer 

 material in the skim-milk and the profit in having healthy, 

 rapid-growing calves. 



It will readily be seen that the side on which the profit will 

 appear will depend wholly on the prices received for milk and 

 butter. If the milk is sold at the farm at four cents a quart 

 and the butter must be sold at 30 cents a pound, then the mar- 

 gin of profit would amount to $2.88 per 1000 lb. of milk, in 

 favor of selling by the quart, provided the milk tests 4 per cent 

 as in the first case. 



If, however, the herd in question consisted of well-bred 

 Jerseys, giving milk testing 5 per cent on the average, the result 

 would be somewhat different. 



1000 lb. milk 465 quarts 



465 quarts @ 4 c $18.60 



1000 1b. milk testing 5% 50 lb. fat 



50 lb. fat . 57 lb. butter 



57 1b. butter© 30 c . . . $17.10 



950 lb. skim-milk and buttermilk @ 25 c. per cwt. $2.37 



Total $19.47 



This leaves a balance of 87 cents per 1000 lb. of milk, in 

 favor of making butter. 



The difference in the total amount received by each method 

 is not large. Which will pay better in any given case will 

 depend on local conditions. Wherever milk must be sold for 



