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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN S ASSOCIATION. 



MONTHS. 



January .... 

 February ... 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. 

 October .... 

 November. 

 December . 



Aggregate . 



KOXF.S. POUNDS. 



854 



640 



1,300 



1,835 



5,660 



8,860 



5,825 



14,694 



13,121 



9,892 



16,404 



19,561 



29,775 



22,400 



47,900 



67,350 



214,346 



324,525 



206,475 



506,391 



462,704 



373,785 



689,276 



704,387 



5,83613,648,314 



35,758 

 16,606 

 31,870 

 16,211 

 51,325 

 70,28s 

 48,022 

 156,053 

 [96,348 

 88,362 

 t33,32T 

 1:41,280 



977,879 



30^ 



26 



26 



22>^ 

 16K 

 16 



15% 



$ 12,238 20 



6,165 66 

 10,111 39 



8,096 49 

 20,122 71 

 29,081 24 

 27,452 54 

 50,133 50 

 73,474 16 

 68,371 21 



115,153 91 

 109,742 56 



fc39,i43 67 



for butter, i4^c.; highest, 40c. Lowest price for cheese, 3c.; highest, i2^c. 



[Mr. McGlincy having kindly tabulated the sales for 

 December, they are shown with the rest, thus giving an 

 aggregate for the year. — Sec'y D. A.] 



J. R. McLean (called upon): Said that Mr. McGlincy 

 had so completely covered the ground there was nothing 

 left for him to say. Fie would illustrate in a different way, 

 however, that might be more easily comprehended, the 

 amount of business done by the board of trade. There had 

 been 1,535 car-loads of cheese and 221 car-loads of butter 

 sold on the board of trade and shipped from Elgin and 

 vicinity since the organization of the board. These figures, 

 he thought, might be remembered more easily than the 

 other. 



Lowest price 



The question discussed during the afternoon — No. 4 — 

 was then brought up again, but no one responded to the 

 president's invitation to speak upon it. 



Question No. 5 — "What can be done to prevent the 

 slaughter of dairy products during the summer months ? " 

 was next brought up. 



