. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 26 UNIV. OF N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 217 The total receipts and average prices of all sales were as follows: Amount. Average price received by farmers. Milk $663,800 6c per quart Cream 135,200 48c per quart Butter 130,800 49. 5c per pound Total $929,800. ALFALFA CAN DO MUCH FOR THE DAIRY FARMS OF THE COUNTY. IS THE FIRST CROP ON THE GEORGE HILL FARM OF MARLBORO Production. Dairying forms the basis of fanning in this county. Hay, roughage and grain crops are nearly all marketed through the dairy cow. Poultry is usually but a side-li
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 26 UNIV. OF N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 217 The total receipts and average prices of all sales were as follows: Amount. Average price received by farmers. Milk $663,800 6c per quart Cream 135,200 48c per quart Butter 130,800 49. 5c per pound Total $929,800. ALFALFA CAN DO MUCH FOR THE DAIRY FARMS OF THE COUNTY. IS THE FIRST CROP ON THE GEORGE HILL FARM OF MARLBORO Production. Dairying forms the basis of fanning in this county. Hay, roughage and grain crops are nearly all marketed through the dairy cow. Poultry is usually but a side-line to the dairy, and a large part of the vegetables are grown on farms where dairying furnishes the chief employment for labor during the winter months. Dairying gives the farmer with a small crop acreage an opportunity to increase the size of his farm business, and to employ his labor on some farm enterprise throughout the year. The present cropping system makes a very irregular labor demand, and the total value of the crops produced per farm is low. Some intensive system of agriculture must be followed, and dairying seems to best meet existing conditions on most farms. The lack of a convenient market for increased supplies of milk at present price levels is a limiting factor in the expansion of the dairy industry in most sections of this county. With the exception of a few localities dairy products must be sold locally on a market now fairly well supplied. Any large increase in production would necessitate shipping outside, and in view of the small producing area in any one community or town this does not seem Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. [Hanover, N. H. ] : New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station
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