THE LOUISIANA TURCHASE EXPOSITION. 



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lines of agriculture. This is a full cream cheese and weighs over 3,000 

 pounds. It required ten men to unload it and put it in the case, and it 

 took four horses hitched to a heavy truck wagon to haul it from the 

 freight car to the Agricultural building. As indicated on the card in- 

 side of the case, it was made in Altamont, Daviess county, in which part 

 of the State a large proportion of Missouri's cheese factories are located. 

 On the face of the cheese is moulded a typical milk cow, represented as 

 being in clover with a milkmaid by her side, sitting on a stool, engaged 

 in milking. To make this cheese required 35,000 pounds of milk, a car 

 load and a half, one milking from 3,000 ordinary cows. The milk out 

 of which this cheese was made was purchased from 150 dairymen. It 

 is seven feet in diameter and was put into the case where it is now on 

 exhibition in the original hoop in which it was pressed. This case is 

 made exactly the same as the butter case, and the temperature is held at 

 about 35 to 40 degrees. 



For classified list of prizes on butter and cheese see list of awards 

 on another page. 



MISSOURI LIVE STOCK. 



The different classes of live stock are only so many intricate ma- 

 chines which convert at a profit to the farmers the raw materials of the 



FOUR TRTZE WINNING MULES. 

 Topsy, MolMe, Babe and Bettie. Owned by W. A. Elgin, Platte City, Mo. 



