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gallon of milk or cream is as marketable now as a bushel 

 of grain. Cows are being imported by the hundreds and 

 thousands every year, and silos are being erected on all 

 sides. Ultimately Kentucky is destined to rival Wiscon- 

 sin and Illinois as a dairy section. 



For the most part our breeders favor Jerseys, but 

 occasionally a herd of Holsteins and Gruemseys is to be 

 seen. A good dairy cow will produce a profit of $30 or 

 more per year, while a feeder is highly gratified if he can 

 net $10 per head from steers. Years ago the farmers 

 and the hired help balked at milking, and the general 

 hard work incident to dairying, but the profit and the 

 thrifty atmosphere around the dairy farms soon con- 

 verted the most obstinate to the fact that the dairy cow 

 is the most efficient animal that can come to a farm. It 

 is to be noted that the dairy farm contains the best farm 

 buildings in the neighborhood, and the fields are most 

 productive. 



Some farmers can not use the dairy cow because she 

 does not fit in with the operation of their farms, and in 

 other instances farm labor is not fitted to handle a dairy. 

 But many who formerly offered these objections are now 

 adopting the dairy cow. 



We have known of many farms that have served as 

 illustrations of thrift and profit, but none illustrate these 

 points better than an eighty-acre farm that we recently 

 visited in Central Kentucky. This farm serves to show 

 how profitable and dependable the dairy cow is, when 

 properly and intelligently handled. It is needless to say 

 only good cows have found a home on this farm of eighty 

 acres. This farm was purchased by the present owner 

 seventeen years ago. The land was very much depleted 

 owing to continued grain cropping. It could not produce 

 a first-class crop of com, and the neighbors told the pur- 

 chaser that he could not make a living for his family 

 of two sons and a daughter from it. He has not only 

 made a living but has laid up considerable money in the 

 bank and has lived well. At present he has an automo- 

 bile for delivering milk to city patrons five miles distant, 

 and another automobile for his family. This indicates 

 that he has used u.p-to-date machinery, and progressive 

 methods, and has lived better than most people. 



