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spector Ikenbery, visited Carthage and vicinity, and each made 

 ten speeches in the schoolhouses of Jasper county, advocating the 

 milking of cows by the farmer as being especially profitable. The 

 weather was very cold, but through the courtesy of Messrs. Bennett 

 and Hall, the speakers were provided with an automobile, and on 

 several occasions as many as twenty-five miles were traveled to 

 reach speaking points. 



The result of this campaign was the establishment of a splendid 

 modern creamery at Carthags, which is now prospering. The 

 capital stock of this creamery has recently been increased, and the 

 people of Carthage and vicinity are taking great interest in the 

 enterprise. The creamery company has purchased a large automo- 

 bile truck which gathers up the cream through the county and de- 

 livers it to the creamery each day. 



Colonel W. H. Phelps, notably, has built a model dairy barn 

 on a farm a mile from Carthage, and has placed therein forty 

 Jerseys, most of them registered. I consider this extremely 

 fortunate for the dairy interests of that region, for the reason that 

 this up-to-date, well-equipped plant will always be a demonstration 

 to the farmers of the possibilities of dairying, and it will be a 

 center to which the farmers of Jasper county can come to learn 

 the best methods. It would be very much to the advantage of the 

 State if other public-spirited citizens would take the initiative in 

 this particular. 



Not only has the dairy plant just mentioned above been estab- 

 lished near Carthage, but many of the farmers in Jasper county 

 are going into the dairy business, and many have added cows to 

 their herds. 



During the month of January, Inspector Ikenberry scored 78 

 dairies in St. Louis, totaling 2,070 cows; total number of cows 

 milking, 2,000, producing 4,665 gallons daily; each dairy averaging 

 26.54 cows; average number milking, 25.64, producing 59.81 gal- 

 lons daily, with an average score of 55.21. The lowest score found 

 was 43; the highest 69. 



During February, March, April and May, the dairies furnish- 

 ing milk to St. Joseph were scored, showing 43 dairies inspected, 

 with a total of 954 cows, 814 cows milking, furnishing 1,707 gal- 

 lons daily, with an average number of cows, 22.19; number milk- 

 ing, average 18.93; average number of gallons, daily, 39.69, with 

 an average score of 47.72. 



Much good has been accomplished with the dairies around S't. 

 Joseph through co-operation with Dr. S. Sheldon, the State Veteri- 



