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cow are not as great as those from sweet milk and sweet 

 cream, but less time is required to take the product to 

 the market or shipping station. Butter dairying' is open 

 to a large class of farmers who are too far from the 

 market or shipping point to make it practical to ship 

 sweet milk or sweet cream. The central creameries per- 

 mit the. cream to be delivered twice or three times a week, 

 thus giving an average in saving time in delivery. 

 The cream shipper has an added advantage in being 

 able to keep the skimmed milk on his farm, thus utilizing 

 one of the best of all feeds for calves, pigs and poultry. 

 The- production of milk from a few cows thus carried on 

 in connection with the growing of crops and other live 

 stock, is sure to increase in importance and profitable- 

 ness on very many Kentucky farms. 



-No state in the Union offers a more promising field 

 for the profitable production and sale of dairy stock for 

 breeding purposes. We have already obtained a world- 

 wide reputation for Jerseys of the highest quality. One 

 county (Shelby) leads all other counties in America in 

 the number and excellence of her Jerseys. Buyers from 

 nearly every state in the Union come here to place 

 carload orders. As a result of this community breed- 

 ing interest, there is always a market at good prices for 

 all surplus stock. This adds many thousands of dollars 

 to the income of the farmers of this and other counties, 

 which have obtained a reputation for Jerseys. 



In the breeding of Holsteins, a good beginning has- 

 been made in several sections of Kentucky, principal 

 among which are communities in Nelson and Spencer 

 counties,, and several counties in northern Kentucky. 

 For both Holsteins and Jerseys there is a rapidly in- 

 creasing demand from southern farmers who have here- 

 tofore been compelled to go to the northern States to 

 supply their needs. These buyers would gladly stop in 

 Kentucky to make their purchases, thereby saving 

 greatly in traveling expenses, and avoiding the long 

 haul from the northern States. Kentucky Holstein 

 breeders have developed some of the best Holstein 

 strains to be found anywhere, and all stock which they 

 offer' for sale find ready buyers. The community breed- 

 ing ' of Holsteins is probably even more promising in 



