Show P 7 MARKETING HAY IN ONE POUND ONE POUND CARTONS Prepared by the United State States Department of or Agriculture Instead 1 of ot hauling their hay 35 miles to the r nc nearest st market as they did for a number of years cars farmers of WhitePine White WhitePine WhitePine Pine county R Ne Nevada are now keeping the hay at home feeding it to dairy dairy- cows making their cream Into butter In a operative co creamery and selling their butter to the towns that formerly bought their hay may For some years alfalfa al alfalfa al- al falfa the main cash crop In two communities had bad been selling for less than the cost cost of at production To remedy remedy rem rem- edy ed this condition progressive farmers farm farm- farmers ers and the county extension agent made a careful study of the possibilities ties 0 of developing other sources of ot farm Income They found that the mining towns which bought their hay bay were also Importing all butter used from distant dairy centers pa paying in high transportation rates As many any farmers armel's had a few cows It was decided 1 ed to try marketing the hay In the tho form of ot butter A creamery was organized organized organized or or- the dairy specialist of ot the state agricultural college trained buter butter butter but but- ter er makers and churning was begun In May 1023 1923 averaging a at first about pounds a week nerds Herds have ha Increased Increased Increased In In- creased in production as skill in feeding feedIng feed feed- Ing developed and the market has extended extended extended ex ex- ex- ex tended as the excellent quality of ot the butter became known By the end of ot otle time the le year according to reports to tho the United States Department of ot Agriculture Agriculture ture the butter sales averaged more than 1000 a month and demand still sUlI gr greatly exceeded the supply |