FARMERS INSTITUTES. 841 



The leading counties in the wool-clip for 1904 are: 



Steuben 202,106 Kosciusko 90.625 



Noble 138,666 Allen : 85,926 



Lagi-ange 123,385 Jay 82,339 



Dekalb 118,726 Montgomery 77,114 



Cass 107,y99 Elkhart 72,641 



BUTTER AND CHEESE. 



The comparative table below will be found interesting: 



Pounds of Pounds of 



Year. Butter. Cheese. 



1896 35,200,916 394,645 



1897 34,112,817 412,148 



1898 35,953,710 1,279,349 



1899 31,905,140 1,083,403 



1900 ' 30,509,014 791,660 



1901 34,639,017 241,339 



1902 34,755,464 762,731 



1903 33,122,182 630,488 



1904 34,956,788 622,364 



1905 36,903,795 1,066,876 



The counties leading in the production of butter the past year are: 



Allen 1,167,792 pounds 



Ripley 880,803 pounds 



Delaware 816,691 pounds 



Elkhart 728,568 pounds 



Lagrange 691,000 pounds 



Huntington 666,682 pounds 



Boone 618,861 pounds 



Grant 603,176 pounds 



Hamilton '. 601,689 pounds 



Kosciusko 601,549 pounds 



Those leading in cheese are: 



Vigo 201,366 pounds 



Ripley 199,717 pounds 



Delaware 156,955 pounds 



Allen 102,951 pounds 



Miami 95,168 pounds 



Adams 72,903 pounds 



Jackson 55,072 pounds 



Wayne 48,895 pounds 



Hendricks 26,865 pounds 



Wells 23,398 pounds 



