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rected to other lines of farming. The eastern half of the United 

 States is likewise engaged in the dairy business and this indus- 

 try is rapidly spreading even to the great west. Thus one need 

 not be at all imaginative to see that this permanent agriculture 

 of America and of the world will have for its basis the business 

 of dairy farming. In fact, the growth of dairying in the mid- 

 dle west has been continuous and substantial. The older and 

 better developed states are still far in advance of the average 

 western states w^hich is quite definitely shown by the following 

 statistics : The state of New York has 30.4 cows per square 

 mile ; Wisconsin, 26.83 cows per square mile ; Iowa, 24.86 cows 

 per square mile; Kansas, 8.5 cows; Nebraska, 7.9 cows, and 

 South Dakota, 4.8 cows per square mile. This shows that dairy- 

 ing has been developed as a leading industry in states where 

 land is high priced and intensive methods of farming are fol- 

 lowed. 



stock Farming as Compared With Grain Farming. 



The following statistics show the average income per acre 

 from grain farms and stock farms in several middle western 

 states and also the average for the United States. Although 

 no statistics are available regarding the income from grain and 

 stock farms in this state, Nebraska conditions will be found 

 very similar to those of Illinois and Iowa. 



Grain Stock 



Illinois $10.60 $12.54 



Missouri 7.69 9.55 



Iowa 8.88 13.17 



United States y.y2 11 .99 



The increased income from stock farming over grain farm- 

 ing amounted to 18 per cent in Illinois, 24 per cent in Missouri 

 and 48 per cent in Iowa. 



