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ises to accomplish much during the next few years. 

 For example, the Nebraska experiment station has 

 a cow which has produced 17,000 pounds of milk 

 and 650 pounds of butter. The average cow pro- 

 duces about 3,000 pounds of milk and 100 pounds 

 of butter. It will be seen that this good cow is 

 equal to six average animals in production. Now, 

 it is possible to develop such animals. A daughter 

 of this cow, which is called Katy Gerben, has 

 equaled her mother in the milk and butter record, 

 and here promises a family which can produce such 

 records. Better care of the stock we now have 

 would, without doubt, increase the annual produc- 

 tion 30 per cent; this, with wise selection of the 

 young animals, would, in a short time, double the 

 output with the same number of cows. 



The quality of the product is of vast importance, 

 and could we produce such butter as the Danes are 

 making, we would be able to obtain possession of 

 the English market, which would bring to our 

 nation forty or fifty million dollars per year. If 

 we could improve the quality of our cheese it 

 would save a vast amount of money and give us a 

 foreign market for our surplus make. During the 

 past decade great improvements have been made 

 in the methods of assembling and manufacturing 

 the products. The centrifugal separator brought a 

 revolution to the dairy world, and made possible 

 the creaming of milk in an economical manner and 

 in a short space of time. 



The milking machine is now deemed a success, 

 and all it requires is a little time to place it in, gen- 

 eral use. There are at the present time over 1,000 

 milking machines in operation in this country, and 

 from reports by the users there is good evidence 

 that they are giving satisfaction. With this ma- 



