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the raw material getting all the profits after paying a reasonable 

 sum for interest and depreciation. Sooner or later the factories 

 are purchased by the patrons. 



Feeling that our business men and bankers would appreciate 

 the importance of encouraging more dairying in their neighbor- 

 hood, I made special effort to have them present at the meetings 

 in which I have taken part. They were much interested, and I 

 am glad to report that much progress was made and the outlook 

 is indeed gratifying. One banker in Southern Missouri an- 

 nounced at one of our meetings that their bank was ready to 

 lend $10,000 to farmers in their locality with which to buy cows 

 on the terms mentioned above. Merchants promised active 

 support through their commercial clubs. I have taken part in 

 dairy meetings held in Clinton, Neosho, Kansas City, Fordland, 

 Rogersville, Seymour, Mountain View, Willow Springs, Warsaw, 

 Sarcoxie, Granby, Jasper, Carl Junction, Paris and Carthage. 

 Another series of meetings will be held in the places already 

 mentioned and plans are under way that will terminate in 

 accomplishing the desired results. 



It is my desire that all the breeders and fanciers of the 

 different breeds of dairy cattle that are sufficiently represented 

 in the State organize and be active in promoting the welfare of 

 their favorite breeds, and this department will gladly assist in 

 this work. About one year ago the Southwest Jersey Cattle 

 Breeders' Association was organized in Kansas City. This 

 association accepts members from the entire southwest, there- 

 fore it is not a state organization. ' However, its headquarters 

 are in Kansas City, and the members in that locality are quite 

 active. The dairy industry of Missouri has already derived 

 much benefit from this association, and still greater benefits will 

 follow. This department has had the pleasure of assisting this 

 association in some of its work. Through the efforts of its 

 members and the kindness of the members of the Kansas City 

 Royal Stock Show, about 100 head of Jersey cattle were shown 

 at the Royal show last October. In this exhibit were some of 

 the very best specimens of Jersey cattle in the United States, 

 and they attracted much attention. The officers of the South- 

 west Jersey Cattle Breeders' Association are entitled to much 

 credit for the success of their initial show. Since the close of 

 this show my attention has been directed to the purchase and 

 bringing into Missouri of more than $30,000 worth of pure bred 

 and highly pedigreed dairy cattle. More than one-half of these 



