210 II.LINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



This makes 106 creameries and two skim stations for Southern 

 District, and it is evident that if the farmers had provided soiling 

 crops there would not have been such a heavy shrinkage in the milk. 

 This is so heavy that St. Louis milk dealers had to come pretty well 

 up north to secure enough cream this winter. 



THE CENTRAL DISTRICT. 



Here we find eighteen counties, or more than half without any 

 -creameries running. Of these there are no reports at all from 

 COLES, LOGAN, McDONOUGH, SCHUYLER and CALHOUN. 



MORGAN reports four silos, CHAMPAIGN one (at the University,) 

 SCOTT and DOUGLAS one each, only Scott reports most of the 

 stover shredded and larger milk yield for 1897. The others feed most 

 in the field and report less milk yield. Morgan and Douglas are re- 

 ported as not especially adapted for dairying, the latter going in 

 chiefly for cattle and hog feeding. 



MASON, CUMBERLAND, CASS, DEWITT, MENARD and 

 SHELBY have no silo; feed most of the stover in the field, and yet 

 all but Mason, (which is too sandy) are reported as well adapted 

 for dairying. All but Cass and DeWitt, (where the yield was about 

 the same as in 1896) report less milk for 1897 on account of poor pas- 

 tures (drought.) 



HANCOCK is said to have creamery in Warsaw, LaHarpe and 

 "West Point but none running, the latter being changed to feed mill. 

 MACON had one at Warrensburg but it not running. There are 

 three silos; corn stover is mostly fed in the fields. A large milk yield 

 Js reported. MOULTRIE had a creamery at Sullivan; there are no 

 : silos and stover is eaten in the field. Both the latter counties are 

 %well adapted for dairying; there was no report from Hancock. 



ADAMS is said to have a creamery at Quincy, CLARK one at 

 'York, (John Newman), SANGAMON one at Williamsville, (co-op.) 

 rand VERMILLION one at Danville, but from neither of these counties 



have reports been received. 



BROWN County has two at Mt. Sterling (Mt. Sterling Creamery 

 ■ Co. and Brown County Creamery.) FULTON has one at Avon (N. C. 



Crissey) and a dead one at Astoria; no silos, stover fed in fields. 



JERSEY has one creamery at Fielden and a dead one at Grafton; no 

 ; silos, but good care is taken of the corn stover and better milk yield 



is reported for 1897 owing to better pastures. PIKE has a creamery 

 ; at Nebo and a dead one at Canton; no silo; stover fed in the fields. 

 I GREENE has one creamery running and one dead one at Greenfield; 

 \ two silos, feeds most of the stover in the fields and reports a little 



less milk yield. CHRISTIAN has one creamery at Edinburgh, three 



silos, leaves most of the stover in the fields and reports a 25 per cent. 



shrinkage in milk for 1897. MONTGOMERY has a creamery at 



JDonnelson used as skim station, has six or eight silos and though 



