276 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



The butter production for 1903 amounted to 46,294,471 

 pounds, the cheese production for the same year was 4,177,407 

 pounds. 



There has been a great increase in the Chicago butter and 

 cheese market, during the past few years. The butter receipts 

 during 1903 (not including through shipments) amounted to 

 110,000,000 pounds ; the cheese receipts for the same period 

 were 82,000,000 pounds. Illinois has in round numbers, 1,065,- 

 000 cows valued at $42,500,000; produces annually 485,000,000 

 gallons of milk, valued at $30,000,000. 



Amount of butter produced annually, 86,600,000 pounds ; 

 amount of cream sold annually, 1,800,000 gallons ; amount of 

 cheese produced annually, 9,400,000 pounds; annual production 

 of condensed milk, 100,000,000 pounds. 



McHenry county, located in the extreme northern portion 

 of the State, is the banner dairy county and produces more milk 

 and over one million pounds more butter than any other county; 

 has more creameries than any other county in the State and more 

 cows per capita than any other county in the United States. 



McHenry county has fifty thousand cows from which two 

 million pounds of butter and over two hundred million pounds of 

 milk are sold annually, bringing in to the farmers a revenue of 

 between three and one-half and four million dollars annually 

 from these two products alone. 



List of Persons and Firms Who Furnished Exhibits for the Display Case. 



1. John Newman Elgin, 111. 



2. Elgin Butter Co Elgin, 111. 



3. Elgin Butter Tub Co Elgin, 111. 



4. W. S. Moore & Co Chicago, 111. 



5. George W. Linn & Son Chicago, 111. 



6. Geo. H. Gurler DeKalb, 111. 



