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As a class tlie farms in Kentucky on wMcli dairy 

 products are produced as an important source of the 

 farm income, are the most prosperous farms in the 

 State. This is due to the fact that a herd of dairy cat- 

 tle brings in a dependable 'income, which comes in at 

 frequent and regular intervals. 



As an example of the profits to be secured from 

 good dairy farming in Kentucky, we might mention the 

 experience of R. R. Dougherty, of Spencer county, who 

 lives on a farm of 223 acres, which has been brought up 

 to a high state of fertility. Mr. Dougherty purchased 

 this farm 20 years ago, going into debt for almost the 

 entire purchase price. He immediately established a 

 dairy, and began shipping milk to the city of Louisville, 

 fifty miles away. Within a few years the farm debt 

 was paid off in full, and the farm today is one of the 

 best in the State, producing an average of 60 bushels 

 of com, 20 bushels of wheat, and two to three tons of 

 hay to the acre. Besides paying for and improving his 

 farm, Mr. Dougherty has provided a good living for his 

 family, given his children the advantage of a college ed- 

 ucation, built a splendid country home, which is 

 equipped with all modem conveniences, enjoys the pleas- 

 ures of an automobile, and has established himself as 

 one of the wealthy and influential farmers of the coun- 

 ty. This splendid success has come as the result of di- 

 versified dairy farming, and we wish to emphasize, very 

 emphatically that diversified dairy farming is the only 

 profitable system of dairy farming. With the dairy Mr 

 Dougherty combines a large amount of horse sense, aa 

 well as cow sense, and a goodly amount of hard work. 

 One of the secrets of his success is that he has learned 

 not to carry all of his eggs in one basket. He keeps a 

 moderate sized herd of cows— only 24 in number — ^but 

 these are good ones, and bring in an average of over 

 $200 per month. The other important yearly sales of 

 his farm are 40 or 50 head of fat hogs, a small flock of 

 spring lambs, two or three young horses or mules, five 

 or six hundred bushels of wheat, and some fruit and 

 poultry products. The yearly acreage of com has never 

 exceeded 30 to 35 acres. In discussing the growing of 

 com on his farm, which is of rather rolling nature, Mr. 



