ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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After looking over my books I found the number of cows for the 

 entire season, from April 1st to December 1st, has not been the same. 

 Some of my patrons found it convenient to bring milk for a very short 

 time, and others would gradually increase, so that it makes it very difficult 

 to tell exactly how many cows produced milk through the entire season. 

 I will simply have to state this approximately. 



As near as I can ascertain, I received milk from 230 cows. The num- 

 ber of pounds of milk received, 921,223. The average test, 3.53. The 

 amount of cheese made, 91,243. The average amount of milk for a pound 

 of cheese, 10.09. The average price for cheese clear of the making, 9 

 cents. The total amount of money received,, $8,601.76. The average 

 amount per cow, $33.05. 



Now I will give you a statement of some of my patrons who brought 

 milk for eight months. 



NAME No. Lbs. Avg. Lbs. Avg. Money Red. for Avjr. 



Cows Milk Test Cheese Price Reed. Calves per cow 



J. Cahill 8 42,812 3.47 41.00 9c $364.00 $32.00 $50.12 



S. R. Sears 7 27,098 3.80 29.10 9y 2 c 315.94 35.00 50.13 



D. Canty 3 16,227 3.52 15.86 9^4 c 146.70 10.00 52.23 



E. Cappins 14 60,287 3.47 58.18 10c 581.80 170.00 53.70 



M. Tyne 8 34,949 3.55 34.36 9%c 309.24 35.00 43.03 



C. N. Booth 5 21,228 3.20 19.56 9c 176.05 100.00 55.21 



Now take the years from 1870 to 1880, there were a great many, cheese 

 factories erected in northern Illinois. Where are they today? They are 

 turned into creameries or something else. What was the reason? Be- 

 cause they thought they could make skimmed milk cheese or filled cheese, 

 and the people would take it down and say nothing. They were mistaken. 

 They quit the cheese making and turned the factory into a creamery. I 

 do not know of but one factory that tried the filled cheese making that 

 went back to making full cream cheese, that was the Willow Spring fac- 

 tory. That is still running, and has no trouble to sell all the cheese it 

 can make. You all know there is always a demand for a good article. 



Another reason why some of the factories did not run. A few men 

 would get together and talk up cheese factory, and then build one; they 

 then thought they must employ a cheesemaker from the State of New 

 York to make the cheese. That was where they made a mistake. A 



