6 BULLETIN 853, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
year the prices paid for butter. Many farmers stated that before 
the establishment of the creamery the hucksters made their own 
prices, which were very low during the summer months. Now, 
owing to the keen competition, the prices of dairy products during 
the months of large production have not been so low as formerly. 
The creamery building was constructed according to plans made 
by the engineers of the Dairy Division and financed by a stock com- 
pany organized by the business men of Grove City. This building 
was taken over by the Department of Agriculture on a long-term 
lease which insured the stock company a reasonable return on its 
investment. It provides facilities for conducting investigations 
Fig. 3.— Creamery at Grove City. 
which can not be carried on in the laboratories in Washington, and 
also provides facilities for studying methods of creamery operation 
in general. 
The creamery buys both cream and whole milk. Principally on 
account of the large sales of cottage cheese made from skim milk, the 
creamery has been able to pay good prices for whole milk, and many 
of the best dairymen are now selling their entire product instead of 
separating the cream and feeding the skim milk to calves and pigs. 
CLASSIFICATION OF FARMS. 
Reports from 422 farmers are used as a basis for this study. Sixty- 
three of these derived the greater portion of their receipts from work 
off the farm. These cases are discussed under ' ' Income from sources 
outside the farm, " page 30. On 10 farms the greater part of the crop 
