UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 548 
Office of the Secretary 
Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 
W.J. SPILLMAN, Chief 
Washington, D. C. Vv May 24, 1917 
THE BUSINESS OF TEN DAIRY FARMS IN THE 
BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY. 
By J. H. Arnoux, Agriculturist. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. Page. 
General description of the region from the Seven successful dairy farms analyzed and 
port of view on G@airnyine ~~ 25 5.52 cc es 1 COMIPALGM reer spas setae peru ene L 6 
Receipts from dairy products, together with Mhetanms that talledesseees 4 pease one 10 
labor incomes, on each of 10 farms......... 2 | Comparison of the 7 more successful dairy 
Other sources of income. ......-------.------ 3 farms with the average of 10............... 11 
Casbiotleedye een aks ees tei oc cele a 4 
To what extent dairying may be developed 
in the bluegrass region..........-.-.-...-- 4} 
The purpose of this bulletin is to present a brief analysis of the 
business of 10 dairy farms which were found among 187 farms 
selected and studied during 1914 in Mason, Scott, and Madison 
Counties, in the bluegrass region of Kentucky. This analysis will 
show how these farms were organized and will point out the factors 
which made some of them profitable. From so few records it would 
not be possible to analyze thoroughly the economic situation relative 
to dairying in this locality, but the analysis should be of some prac- 
tical interest to the bluegrass farmer who already is running a dairy 
farm or who is about to organize one. 
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE REGION FROM THE POINT OF VIEW 
OF DAIRYING. 
The fact that this locality is famous for bluegrass would suggest a 
favorable locality for dairying. The adaptation of the soil to blue- 
grass pasture is the distinctive natural advantage which this locality 
has for this type of farming. The climatic factors, however, partly 
1 An analysis of these farms, including the 10 dairy farms, is given in U. S. Department of Agriculture 
Bulletin No. 482, Farming in the Bluegrass Region. 
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