TO RUN A BUTTER FACTORY.
A correspondent asks what is tlie least number of cows (avera&o niilkors) thiat Kin run a butter factory, so its to just pay its way. Tho question is a difficult one to answer, as ranch depends on the district in which tho factory is situated and tho price it is intended to pay for butter-fat. It is generally recommended by exports, hoirevOr, that about 300 cows are necessary, although there are districts where success could .bo achieved with less than this number:
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1226, 7 September 1911, Page 8
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87TO RUN A BUTTER FACTORY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1226, 7 September 1911, Page 8
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