FARM MANAGEMENT PRACTICE OF CHESTER COUNTY, PA. 
TABLE XXII.—Relation of number of cows to butter making. 
AT 
Per cent of 
Number of| Percent of ae See pee ea 
Number of cows. Paes OU farms sells|iescis oo). | = ing 10 
farms. aeisattor products dai 
8 ‘| in other d yh 
fortis products. 
* S500) ISS. So es See ee eee ee eee oe 123 38. 2 39 22. 8 
C1 tO 18... sds aR Sasa sore ase ieee ee eee eee ame iems 122 5.7 92.6 Th 
MO MIGUORI Sears siete See ha ee ek p12 ee 71 7.0 91.6 1.4 
Reem NOR? deters venues, tone ire at aic me lara Croc nese ticle wieccies Sales ah) lesaeosaneces OO TEER ere aeo ce 
(OWGR Chto ODO QS RCO DS eee? BROS ES OO HEEaE S aHiar maar = Mice eraes vay |leeSaauasease LOO eles ese Se 
Table X XIII 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 $804, 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 profsitableness of creamery milk and market milk in 
Chester County. 
SIAR ROMPRES bs SORE ac cre ee oe ess SS eG Re a en ee Din acres..| 61 to 80. 121 to 160. 
RUPLI S AP LP MOOS ae ta a a cn A loge es 60 61 
memcemise lino. creameny: Mik ee ee ee es 65. 0 65. 6 
Peete lime smManikey Milk (esto bce acces e se tene Gs lees cece lesbos conte cae ce 18.3 18.2 
aper income of those selling creamery milk.......-....-.--:----+------2+-+-+--- | $804 $1, 267 
waporineome of those selling market milk.......2..¢.0 1.20. ccc. elle eee eee eee $612 $1, 010 
NTOTE a CO mmr R EAE ey a Seer eee hein es Eh is) aoe ee $192 $257 
Ree CMiaC lane eI COMO ss | owe A se at ke I eS ee eee 23.8 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 
