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Missouri Agricultural Report. 



THE STORY OF "LADY" AND HER OWNER. 



In submitting the following letter from Miss Hazel Pipes 

 of Rocheport, Mo., Miss Kinney, in charge of the dairy depart- 

 ment of the Home Makers' Conference, writes: 



"These parents have discovered the magic power of how 

 to keep their only daughter and child on the farm. May we 

 hear from many more at the Home Makers' Conference in 

 1915." Miss Pipes writes as follows: 



"I am enclosing a picture with my report of the pure-bred 

 Jersey cow. Lady, and calf, which my father gave me. The 

 calf was permitted to run with the mother until it was five 

 months old. On November 7th I began milking Lady and by 

 January 7th had made and sold 60 pounds of butter. During 



As the kodak caught "Lady" and her owner. 



the time this record was kept the cow had no feed other than 

 that furnished by pasture at 75 cents per month. Expenses 

 for this would be $1.50. The butter, sold at 25 cents per pound, 

 brought $15, leaving a net profit of $13.50. The work was not 

 hard and took but little time. It was really a great source of 

 pleasure. When Lady again comes fresh I hope to get scales in 

 order that I may keep an accurate account of her milk and 



