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INTRODUCTION. 



Ohio is the principal dairy State of the west. She makes nearly one-third of all the butter pro 

 duced in the western States, and over seventy-five per cent, of all the cheese. 



Illinois stands second in the western States in the production of butter, making about twenty- 

 eight million pounds in 1860, against twelve and a half million in 1850. 



Indiana stands third among the western States, and produced over eighteen million pounds in 

 1860, against less than thirteen million in 1850. 



Wisconsin shows a marked increase in this production. She has increased from three and a half 

 million pounds in 1850, to thirteen and a half million pounds in 1860. 



Minnesota shows even greater progress in butter-making. From eleven hundred pounds in 1850, 

 she increased to nearly three million pounds in 1860. 



The cheese product of the west is exceedingly small. Leaving out Ohio, the western States do 

 not produce seven million pounds of cheese. Vermont produces more cheese than all the western 

 States together, exclusive of Ohio. 



The following table shows the amount of butter and cheese made in the southern States in 1860, 

 as compared with 1850: 



The amount of butter made in the southern States has increased from forty-four and a half million 

 pounds in 1850, to nearly sixty million pounds in 1860. 



The cheese product in the southern States is exceedingly light, and has fallen off since 1850. 



The following table shows the amount of butter and cheese made in the Pacific States in 1860, 

 as compared with 1850: 



The production of butter, as of every other agricultural product, has advanced in California wilh 

 astonishing rapidity. In 1850 only 705 pounds wen; produced; while in 1860 California produced 

 over three million pounds of butter, and over one and a quarter million pounds of cheese. She made 

 nearly sixty-eight per cent, more cheese than all UK; southern Stales. 



