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WISCONSIN'S DAIRYING PRE-EMINENCE. In 1916 the to- 



tal dairy pro- 

 ducts of the state of Wisconsin brought $110,242,382. Wisconsin 

 has one-eighth of all the cows in the United States. This state 

 produces half of the nation's cheese supply, and one-twelfth of all 

 the butter produced in the country. Wisconsin leads in the produc- 

 tion of creamery butter as well as in cheese. The cream industry 

 of Wisconsin exceeds that of any other state, and the state also has 

 the largest breeding centers of pure-bred dairy stock. 



In 1910 the Wisconsin Dairy and Food Department credited 

 Marinette County with seven cheese factories, and in 1917 we had 

 twenty-eight, a gain of twenty-one in six years. In 1910 Marinette 

 County was credited by the state with two butter factories, and in 

 1917 we had five, a gain of three. 



OUR GAIN IN DAIRYING. On tne basis of our population no 



other county in the state has made 



such rapid gains in dairying as Marinette County. In 1909 Mari- 

 nette County produced 323,248 pounds of cheese, and in 1915 

 827,136 pounds, or almost a million pounds per year. In 1909 the 

 amount received for cheese manufactured in Marinette County was 

 $46,000. In 1915 the amount had risen to $114,000. In 1909 

 Marinette County produced 85,760 pounds of butter, and in 1915 

 the output had risen to 497,552 pounds. The amount received for 

 butter in 1909 was $24,000 and in 1915 it was over $141,000. 



These are the latest figures available from the state, but it is a 

 fact that the greatest development in dairying in Marinette County 

 has taken place since 1915, and it is a safe estimate to say that the 

 dairy output of the County has risen at least one-third since 1915. 

 Figuring in milk and cream sold on milk routes and shipped to 

 outside markets gives Marinette County an annual revenue now 

 from its dairy cows of more than $500,000. 



HELPING SETTLERS TO START. While other states point to 



the coming greatness of the 



dairy industry in their domains, Wisconsin points to her past record 

 and her brilliant present. The advantages of dairy farming in 

 Marinette County are so many, and the returns are so large, and 

 the future of the industry so well assured and so full of promise 

 that young people who intend to farm cannot do better than to 

 take up dairy farming in our county. 



Marinette County has the first successful co-operative associa- 

 tion which has as its purpose 'the supplying of new settlers with 

 good dairy cattle without any payment down being required at 

 the time of purchase. The plan is so arranged that settlers pay 

 for the cattle as the money is earned by their cows, the usual pay- 

 ments being from three to five dollars per month per head. This 



