98 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



The number of gallons milk reported sold, or sent to butter and cheese 

 factories, was 45,419,719— an amount exceeded only by New York. 



The estimated value of these products for this State in 1880 is as follows : 



Milk 45,419,710 gallons $ 4,538,971 



Butter 63,657,947 pounds 11,412,118 



Cheese 1,035,069 " 121,408 



Total $16,072,497 



The ten leading counties in the production and value of butter, cheese 

 and milk, as shown in the following tables, are as follows, and are credited 

 with the quantities noted : 



MILK. 



Kane county 10,881,300 gallons. Value $1,088,130 



McHenry county 7,046,338 " " 704,634 



Cook county 5,153,975 " " 515,397 



DuPage county 4,711,786 '' " 471,179 



DeKalb county 2,327,167 " " 232,717 



Will county 2,116,036 " " 211,604 



Boone county 1,505,540 " '' 150,554 



Lake county 1,433,450 '' " 143,345 



Ogle county 1,233,834 " '' 123,383 



Winnebago county. . . 1,217,023 " '' 121,702 



Total 37,626,440 " " $3,762,645 



Total for State . . .45,419,710 " " $4,538,971 



It will be seen that the ten counties named are credited with over three- 

 fourths of the milk marketed in 1880. 



BUTTER. 



DeKalb county 1,712,589 pounds. Value $445,233 



McHenry county 1,387,797 " " 444,095 



Will county 1,571,251 " "...... 408,525 



Kane county 1,106,097 " " 331,829 



Winnebago county... 1,377,372 '' " 330,569 



Whiteside county .... 1,497,036 " " 329,348 



Ogle county 1,427,547 ". " 328,336 



Cook county 1,142,341 " " 319,855 



Stephenson county. . . 1,385,648 " " 319,699 



La Salle county 1,431,413 •' " 286,i 83 



Total 14,039,091 " " $ 3,543,772 



Total for State. . . .53,657,947 " " $11,412,118 



Nearly one-third of the butter made in the State in 1880 should be credited 

 to the ten counties named above. 



