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application of manure applied at the rate of eight tons 

 per acre would be worth $3.67 per ton, from an increase 

 in crops secured in a three-year rotation of com, wheat 

 and clover over similar land unmanured. , 



All conditions indicate a new era in live stock pro- 

 duction in this State, not only as a profitable business ia 

 itself, but as a means of conserving and improving the 

 fertility of the soU. In the furthering of this interest, 

 the beef animal will always have a prominent place, for 

 no other animal can convert the roughage of the farm 

 into meat as economically as the steer. 



KENTUCKY'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFIT- 

 ABLE DAIRYING. 



By "W. D. Nichou:.s, Associate Peoeessok op Dairying, 



In Ohabge Dairy Extension Kentucky College 



of Agbicultuee. 



In contemplating the opportunities for dairying in 

 Kentucky, the writer has the advantage of years of work 

 among dairy farmers in every section of the State, dur- 

 ing which time we have visited hundreds of dairymen 

 on their own farms, in this and most of the other im- 

 portant dairy States, carefully studying both the pro- 

 duction and market ends of the business, always looking 

 at the question from the farm management point of view, 

 with the object of learning those principles on which 

 farming may be pursued to furnish the largest con- 

 tinuous profits from the farm as a whole. Furthermore, 

 our experience in the management of our own dairy 

 farm over a long series of years of profitable operation, 

 has given us both a practical and conservative point of 

 view. We should, therefore, be in a position to make 

 a conservative estimate of Kentucky's dairy opportuni- 

 ties. We are convinced that these opportunities are 

 large and varied. First, might be mentioned our climate, 

 which is free from the extreme cold temperatures of 

 northern dairy districts. For this reason a smaller in- 

 vestment in baxns and other buildings is required. An- 



