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possibilities in every county for the production of milk in large quan- 

 tities at a minimum cost, are unsurpassed anywhere in the world. 



The peculiar conditions that exist in Missouri favorable to the 

 dairyman makes him fearless of competition, because he knows there 

 is no country where they can produce a pound of butter cheaper than 

 he can here. This is not all that interests him. He is convenient to a 

 good market. The very large manufacturing, commercial, and railroad 

 interests of Missouri, her educational advantages as shown in academies, 

 seminaries, and universities almost without number, together with the 

 advantages of a good healthy climate, have all gone to make a large 

 population in our towns and cities. 



These are all consumers and each additional one has increased the 

 outlet and improved the market for the producer. Besides this, Mis- 

 souri's market for dairy products is enhanced because of its proximity 

 to a section where the resources of the people are in other lines, and 

 w^here they depend on some other country for their butter and cheese. 



ART IN BUTTER. 



Missouri's butter exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition is 

 the greatest exhibit in its line the world ever saw and is regarded as 

 one of the prominent attractions at this most wonderful World's Fair. 



The Missouri Commission expended in the installation of this ex- 

 hibit nearly ten thousand dollars and it is not only of wonderful mag- 

 nitude, but shows in every detail the workmanship of a master artist. 

 It tells a story that has not only interested those who have seen it, 

 but in addition has impressed those interested with the importance of 

 this branch of agriculture. Hundreds of thousands of people have seen 

 this exhibit and the verdict has been universally the same — *'A won- 

 derful exhibit." Hundreds of people have expressed themselves as be- 

 ing fully compensated for the expense of a trip to the World's Fair in 

 this exhibit alone, even by some as far away as London, England ; Edin- 

 burgh, Scotland, and Gouda, Holland. 



In this impressive story so beautifully told in butter, through the 

 skill of the sculptor, Mr. Neilsen of St. Louis, there is more than ap- 

 pears on the face of it. Like a western mirage, there is reflected a won- 

 derful and attractive picture in which can be seen a country that has 

 reached the highest state of agricultural development; and a million and 

 a half people on the farm enjoying all the comforts and luxuries that 

 come with prosperity and success, as well as two millions of people in 

 the cities of Missouri being furnished with the purest dairy products 

 fresh from the farm and the factory. 



This picture has been engraved on the tablet of the memory of those 



