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necessary funds there is no reason why a vast majority of the 

 breeding herds of this State could not be placed on the approved 

 list within the coming year. 



Respectfully submitted, 



D. F. LucKEY, State Veterinarian, 



REPORT OF DAIRY COMMISSIONER. 



To the Honorable Board of Agriculture: 



I was appointed to the office of Dairy Commissioner last 

 August, and this report to you will cover the last five months 

 of 1913. 



It required but little effort to realize that the output of 

 dairy products in Missouri, when compared with that of many 

 other states, was not what it should be. Investigation showed 

 the resources in Missouri, necessary to the welfare of the dairy 

 industry, to be far superior to those in many sections standing 

 high in the production of dairy products and exceeding us in out- 

 put, and I do not attribute this condition to any lack of interest 

 on the part of those having had charge of the welfare of the 

 industry. Good results of the efforts of the Board of Agricul- 

 ture, our Agricultural College and our former Food and Dairy 

 Commissioners are much in evidence. In order to determine, if 

 possible, why our development along dairy lines had been so 

 backward, I made a trip to the dairy centers of Illinois, Minne- 

 sota and Wisconsin and studied their methods closely. Con- 

 clusions were quickly reached that our farmers were not suffi- 

 ciently specializing in dairying. 



In the dairy sections of the states visited I found a very 

 large percentage of the farmers with a herd of dairy cattle, with 

 creameries and cheese factories every few miles, showing con- 

 clusively that the farmers were making dairying a main issue. 

 They were milking cows for profit and were applying business 

 principles to their work. Local dairy associations were much in 

 evidence, and through these organizations not only are the many 

 problems of dairying quickly solved, but co-operative cheese 

 factories and creameries are owned and controlled by their 

 members and are being successfully operated, thus finding the 

 most profitable market for their products. The details of dairy- 

 ing are given close attention and the importance of well-bred 



