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LA SALLE has ten creameries, at Grand Ridge, Leland, Men- 

 -dota, at Earlville (James McCreedy), at Norway (Palace .Car Creamery), 

 at Northville (Palace Car Creamery), at Serena (Cedar Springs Cream- 

 ery), at Sheridan (Palace Car Cream. ery) at Triumph (Ernest Keuhl) 

 and at Troy Grove (A. Nolting-). There is not much dairying" in 

 southern part of the county. No silos. Stover is left in the fields 

 and the yield was much less than in '96. 



KANKAKEE sends no report but has eleven creameries. Three 

 at Kankakee (Cruise Creamery, Park's Creamery and H. C. Anderson's 

 Creamery), two at Reddick (Edwin Krieble and M. T. Rielley & Co.), 

 two at Solitt (Solitt Butter and Cheese Co. and Geo. W. Hoppenstead), 

 one at Essex (C. E. Albert), one at Union Hill and at Momence. 



BOONE has fourteen creameries of which Elg-in Creamery Co. 

 (P. O. Chicago), runs six (at Belvidere, Bonus, Capron, Garden Prairie, 

 Hunter, and Popular Grove), Geo. Reed one at Herbert, County Line 

 Creamery at Capron, B. Capron & Co. at Capron, Caledonia Creamery, 

 Caledonia, Spring Factory at Herbert, Bloods Point Creamery and 

 Irene Creamery at Irene and Popular Grove at Popular Grove. No 

 report. 



LEE does not send any report but has fifteen creameries. Two 

 at Amboy (Amboy Co-operative Creamery and May town Creamery) 

 two at Ashton (John Erhard and Ashton Creamery), one at Dixon 

 (Duffey and Maloney), Eldena (Same), Franklin Grove (Clear Creek 

 Creamery), Harmon, Paw Paw, Shaw. Steward (H. H. Hopkins), 

 Walton (Rock River Creamery), West Brooklyn (Richmond & Town- 

 send), Compton and Lee. 



WILL has fourteen creameries, three at Crete (Acron Creamery, 

 Inter-state creamery and Eagle Lake Creamery), two at East Wheat- 

 land (A. M. C. Todson and DuPage Valley Creamery), one at Endor, 

 (Acron Creamery), Joliet (Jesse Baldwin), Plainfield (Godson & Co.), 

 Tokio (DuPage Valley Creamery), Goodenow, Manhattan, Monee, 

 Goodings Grove and Peotone. There are two silos in Crete township 

 alone, the stover is partly left in the fields but the yield was larger in 

 1897. Milk and cream shipped to Chicago. 



JOE DA VIES boasts seventeen creameries of which Elgin Cream- 

 ery Co. runs four at Woodbine, Nora, Stockton and Apple River. Jas. 

 Barnes t^^-o at Avery and Elizabeth. Pleasant Valley Creamery Co. 

 two at Pleasant Valley and Stockton. John Newman one at Warren, 

 J. P. Younger one at Avery, Geo. Schmidt at Elizabeth, John Moser 

 at Galena, St. Louis Dairy Co. at Plum River, the Miners Creamery at 

 Woodbine and one at Guilford, Devinda and Hanover. There are 

 four silos but most stover is left out. The milk production is less 

 owing to drought and increased Beef production. 



WHITESIDE has sixteen creameries A co-operative not run- 

 ning at Fulton and a skim station. John Newman Co. runs those at 

 Union Grove, Round Grove and Morrison. E. H. Hewitt & Co. at 

 Albany, John Gilbert at Sterling and Coleta, J. Wright at Fulton, 



