Show THE DAIRY INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES according to the last year book of the department of agriculture there are tO cows in III tile united states and these are worth 7 02 tile the magnitude of the industry can perhaps perli aps be best understood when it is considered that these cows product produce yearly about borth of dairy products there is no other branch of diversified agriculture so important alo to tile progress of a community tho the fertility of the soil can call best be maintained by tile the liberal use of barnyard manure and the dairy herd not only maks makas this possible but dairying is also more remunerative than other aran branches of farming when properly carried on dairying has made wonderful progress sinco since the advent of the modern creamery and the consumer of butter has not only been benefited by being furnished a more wholesome and palatable article of food but the wife v I 1 fe in the farm home ionic has been bee r relieved I 1 eve d of the drudgery incident lo fa malting making butter on the farm where formerly the cream was ripened and churned into butter under condit conditions ioas not ot conducive to fine quality in the finished product and in the majority of cases by unskilled hands now the he most of the milk or cream is delivered to a modern creamery where conditions are suited to the purpose of 0 making butter and the result has been a wonderful improvement in the quality of our dairy products As the quality has improved consumption lias has increased and the progress of dairying has been remarkable during the past decade the perpetuity of the count rys greatness depends upon increasing the production of farm products from 3 car to year a result which not only furnishes our people with food but maintains the prosperity of our farming communities increase in production can only come through improved methods of agriculture and soil improvement when it is considered that the dairy cow is the foundation for soil improvement and farming prosperity her importance is best understood and interest lit in her should not be confined to her ter owner sine she is an important factor in the development and prosperity of our country |