October exhibit indicated an average score of 

 93.07, outranking Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, New 

 York, Vermont and Canada. Kansas reached 

 the 99 mark on one exhibit in June, and the 

 lowest score was 78, in July; one state scored 

 as low as 60 on butter in July. The average 

 score of all the states combined was 92.9; the 

 general average of the 104 Kansas exhibits was 

 94.025. At the meeting of the National Butter 

 Maker's Union, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a few 

 year's since, one lot of Kansas butter scored 

 96.33, and the lowest score on the Kansas ex- 

 hibit was 90.8. The average score was one 

 point above Wisconsin, a fraction above Illinois, 

 and a little over a point above the Iowa average, 

 and less than a point below Minnesota, that 

 took first prize. Kansas butter at the Iowa 

 meeting came in competition with that from 

 New Hampshire, South Dakota, Indiana, Ohio, 

 Washington, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and 

 Wisconsin, but was excelled by Minnesota only, 

 whose score was 97.82. Kansas creamery butter 

 stands well at the head of the most exacting 

 markets and brings top prices. 



The many well-to-do communities in this and 

 other lands where dairying is a leading industry, 

 indisputably prove that, wisely conducted, it has 

 yielded a higher prosperity than general farming. 

 It not only gives better and more frequent re- 

 turns in cash, but it enables the farmer to main- 

 tain and even increase the fertility of his land. 



It would seem that Kansas offers advantages 

 equal, if not superior, to those of any state or 

 province anywhere for the profitable pursuit of 

 dairying. 



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