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At the other extreme of this practice are the filthy cows and 

 the filthy barn, the unclean and careless attendants, and the 

 uncared-for utensils and vessels. The milking is done at mid- 

 night and noon, and two deliveries are made by wagon direct 

 from the dairy in order that the milk may be had fresh 

 by the consumers, to whom, nevertheless, it is often consigned 

 in worse condition, though but a few hours old and after a 

 journey of only three or four miles, than clean milk is de- 

 livered elsewhere in the hottest weather twenty-four hours 

 after milking and the hard conditions of a journey of 300 

 miles. 



Needless to say, there are opportunities for dairy farming 

 in the South such as are offered in no other section of the 

 country. It must be remembered, however, that the demand 

 for pure milk, butter and cream would have to be developed, 

 and that the help would have to be taught "line upon line, pre- 

 cept upon precept." Some of these times enterprising men 

 will go into the South and do this very thing. They will 

 establish dairy farms and conduct them in accordance with 

 the new practice. They will induce influential persons to 

 come out and take a look at the manner in which the farm 

 is kept, the herd cared for and the work done. They will 

 secure as helpers bright young colored people from such in- 

 stitutions as Hampden and Tuskeegee ; they will thoroughly 

 advertise their commodity, and they will see to it that it is 

 delivered as agreed. The introduction of the new practice is 

 destined to work a marked change in the dairy industry of the 

 South within the next few years, and enterprising men who 

 see the opportunity in time are the ones who will reap the 

 reward. 



Co-operation among farmers is a practice which is proving 



