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who have seen it, never to be effaced or grow dim. And as they go to 

 their homes in every quarter of the globe, its influence will be felt and 

 it will always be a reminder that a cordial welcome and a happy home 

 awaits those who desire to cast their lot and spend their lives in a land 

 of milk and honey. 



In making a very liberal appropriation for the Dairy Department 

 at the World's Fair, the Missouri Commission had in mind strictly a 

 dairy exhibit ; not only a work of art to be admired by the hundreds of 

 thousands that would see it, but to impress our people with the impor- 

 tance of this branch of agriculture, tell our visitors what was being 

 done now and show to the world the wonderful possibiHties and golden 

 opportunities along this line in the great commonwealth of ^Missouri. 

 Their work in this direction has been completed. The great crowds 

 of people who have seen this exhibit and into whose hands this little 

 pamphlet may fall, must decide whether or not their effort has been in 

 vain. Ylour decision will be final and your verdict will be satisfactory. 



The central figure in this exhibit is designed to represent "Ceres," 

 the Goddess of Agriculture, holding a sickle in her hands, and to com- 

 plete the group, on either side is a model of the highest type of dairy 

 cows. The one on the right represents the Jersey breed, and is modeled 

 from a famous cow of Dr. Still's, at Kirksville, Missouri. This cow was 

 entered in the World's Fair stock show and won a prize. She was sold 

 Monday, September 19th, for $2,350.00 to a resident of New York. 

 This cow's head and neck is resting on a sheaf of wheat and her nose 

 is in the lap of "Ceres." On the .top of her neck the left arm of the 

 goddess is supported. As an evidence of the work done by the artist as 

 shown in the perfect likeness of this cow, the children of the owner of 

 the original when they saw this model, recognized it as their cow and 

 called it by name. The cow on the left represents the Holstein breed, 

 and is modeled from a very famous cow of M. E. Moore's at Cameron. 

 This cow was in the test at the World's Fair and made 270 pounds of 

 butter in niety days. The owner of the original of this model pronounced 

 this a perfect likeness or reproduction. 



This entire exhibit is made of solid butter, absolutely pure, there 

 being used over 3,000 pounds. This is one of the remarkable features of 

 the exhibit, as the usual way is to make the statues out of something 

 else, and cover them with butter. The butter out of which this exhibit is 

 made is the product from 75,000 pounds of milk, or 9,000 gallons, which 

 would be equal to an average milking from 6,000 cows. On the walls 

 of this space an impressive story is told of the progress made in dairy 

 methods and the manner of handling the raw material, in frieze work. 

 The walls are covered several inches thick with butter, and the figures 



