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made, and $223,500 were realized. In Cook County, in 1869, there were 
1,710,000 pounds of cheese made, which sold for $180,000; this county 
has fifteen factories, and 3,600 cows supply them with milk. Du Page 
County has seven factories, which made 1,092,500 pounds in 1869, selling 
for $115,000. Boone County: product of 1869, 807,500 pounds, which 
sold for $85,000; in 1870 there was a large increase of dairy products; 
there are seven factories, supplied by 2,200 cows. Winnebago County: 
product of 1869, 439,275 pounds, which sold for $16,250; in 1870 the 
factories were doubled and the number of cows greatly increased. Kan- 
kakee County, in 1869, had ten factories, and made 878,750 pounds, which 
sold for $92,500; in 1870 the number of factories was increased to six- 
teen. Lake County had seventeen factories in 1869, and made 1,562,125 
pounds, which sold for $177,750; number of cows, 3,255; in 1870 the 
number of factories was increased to twenty. In Will County there 
were ten factories in 1869; number of cows, 2,500; product, 1,187,510 
pounds; net receipts, $166,251 40; since 1869 farmers in this county 
have engaged more largely in dairying. The total number of cows in 
the dairy section of Illinois, in 1869, attached to cheese factories, was 
56,180; capital invested in cows, $1,680,250; pounds of cheese made, 
17,280,500, which, at an average of 14 cents per pound, sold for $2,419,279. 
The cheese product of 1870 does not much exceed that of 1869, owing 
to the drought in the early part of the former year. ‘Che average quan- 
tity of cheese made by each cow in 1869 was 475 pounds; average in 
1870, about 425 pounds. ‘ati 
Wisconsin.—The manufacture of cheese is increasing in this State with 
great rapidity. In i869 there were seventy-nine factories in operation ; 
in 1870 this number was increased to one hundred and twenty-nine, and 
many cows were added. In 1869 the milk of 13,200 cows was used; 
value of cows, at $45 each, $594,000; quantity of cheese made, 6,270,000 
pounds; net receipts, $877,800. 
Michigan.—The manufacture of cheese is increasing in this State; also 
the manufacture of butter by the factory system. Statistics are want- 
ing, but substantial progress was undoubtedly made in 1869 and 1870. 
Lowa.—Mr. N. Eldred, of Iowa Fails, reports as follows: ‘Iowa pro- 
duces very little cheese, probably not more than one-tenth the quantity 
consumed in the State. Interest in the business of dairying is being 
awakened, and I think it safe to predict that double the quantity ot 
cheese now produced will be made two years hence. The cheese is made 
in the northern halfof the State. There was a factory started in Wright 
County last season, one in Humboldt, two or three in Cerro Gordo, one 
in Jones, and my own in Hardin County; all onasmall seale. My fac- 
tory is perhaps a fair sample: whole number of cows, 100; ran four 
months; whole number of pounds of cheese, 21,000; sold at home at 
15 cents per pound.” 
Minnesota. —This State has now a large number of factories. Bowen 
Brothers have one at Randolph, Dakota County, that uses the milk of 
500 cows. In 1870 there were about twenty-five factories in operation. 
The number and product of cheese factories in Indiana were increased 
in 1870 sufficient to supply the home consumption of the State. 
Mr. I. H. Wanzer, of Elgin, Illinois, has established a cheese factory 
at Cameron, Missouri, with fair prospects of success. 
Prize design for a butier and cheese factory —The Northwestern Dairy- 
men’s Association has awarded a prize to Mr. M. H. Thompson, of Hlgin, 
Iilinois, for a design of a butter and cheese factory. The plan, a draw- 
ing of which is presented herewith, makes the measurement of the main 
building 30 by 60 feet; wing, or manufacturing room, 28 by 28 feet, one 
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