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affairs can be brought about by careful study and a 

 little care on the part of those interested. 



In the State of Illinois there were, in 1890, 738,584 

 cows, from which wwe sold 21,118,266 pounds of but- 

 ter, at an average price of 22 cents per pound for the 

 15,478,110 pounds produced in the northern division 

 of the state, 16 cents for the 4,245,573 pounds produced 

 in the central division, and 17 cents for the 1,394,583 

 pounds produced in the southern division of the state, 

 making an average of a fraction more than 20 cents per 

 pound for the whole state, or $5.80 per cow for butter. 

 There was sold in the state 83,178,807 gallons of milk 

 for $11,919,486, an average of $16 per cow. There 

 was also sold 2,072,705 gallons of cream for $1,039,452, 

 an average of $1.40 per cow. The 1,704,536 pounds 

 cheese sold in the state amounted to $205,669, or about 

 an average of 27 cents per cow, making a total pro- 

 duct per cow of butter, milk, cream and cheese of 

 $23.58. A calf, and sour milk, whey, and butter con- 

 sumed would add somewhat to the above figures, but 

 is there a man here who believes that there is a cent of 

 profit in the average dairying as conducted in Illinois? 



The Assessor's returns give the number of cows in 

 Illinois for the year 1891 at 656,796 or 209,117 less than 

 shown by the census of 1880, and 81,788 less than shown 

 by the assessor's returns for the year 1890. The census 

 of 1880 showed a butter product of 60,208,912 pounds. 

 The assessor's returns of 1891 gave the butter product 

 sold at 18,747,968 pounds, or more that 400,000,000 

 pounds less than in 1880. The milk production has 

 increased from 45,000,000 gallons in 1880 to 91,000,000 

 in 1891, or the equivalent of about 13,000,000 pounds 

 butter, while the cheese products have fallen from 

 5,000,000 to less than 3,000,000 pounds. The large 



