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to see that the farmers follow the above conditions, and also to 

 see that the utensils are kept clean. 



(In this line I would call attention to the model dairy farm 

 of our fellow worker, Mr. H. B. Gurler, which stands at the 

 head and is easily a leader in the Elgin section, and its founder 

 stands preeminent as an exponent of dairy knowledge.) 



With milk coming to the factories in splendid shape, the 

 creamery men were enabled to produce a butter that has stood 

 at the head for years. 



Then the market was looked for and easily found, for fine 

 butter was eagerly sought after. It was then they showed their 

 wisdom again, for in 1872 they founded the Elgin Board of 

 Trade, a market for the producers of fine butter, which has, by 

 steady growth, come to be the largest producers market in the 

 world, as shown by the last report made by its secretary, which 

 I will read. 



Monthly and Yearly Totals. 



1897. Lbs. Butter. Lbs. Cheese. 



January 3,095,674 1,039,271 



February 2,920,676 999,197 



March. 3,301,383 1,041,078 



April 3,619,^<56 940,402 



May 4,671,726 1,135,475 



June 5,277,399 980,741 



July .4,849,281 527.512 



August 4,074,728 436,462 



September 3,331,792 520,308 



October 2,994,137 604,072 



November 3,132,603 608.798 



December. 2,954,765 687,352 



Totals 44,224,020 9,520,668 



Year. Lbs. Butter. Lbs. Cheese. Cash Value, 



1897 44,224,020 9 520,668 $9,756,063.10 



1896 38,655,249 7,279,977 7,356,088 18 



1895 39,028,543 10,696,010 8,720,669.00 



1894. 32,550,290 5,735,029 7,580,147.04 



1893 30,986,525 6,361,793 8,639,057.87 



1892 30,496,284 7,115,735 8.315,286.22 



1891 25,006,652 6,232,492 6,771,101.23 



1890 24,701,492 5,052,420 5,707,442.50 



1889 21,826,178 5,781,768 5,208,765.75 



1888 17,195,578 3,009,020 4,575,689.52 



1887 13,506,021 4,862,830 3,787,182.62 



1886 5,977,000 1,943,984 1,573,502.50 



