ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 

 CHEESE. 



McHenry county 176,966 pounds. Value $ 15,927 



Peoria county 65,016 " ** 8,452 



Lake county 68,573 " " 8,229 



DeKalb county 61,574 " '' 6,773 



Henry county 45,129 " '* 6,769 



Carroll county 40,390 " '• 5,655 



Jo Daviess county 40,627 " " 5,281 



Madison county 32,070 " " ...... 4,490 



Knox county 28,543 " " 3,710 



Hancock county 26,39S '' " 3,431 



Total 585,281 " " $68,717 



Total for State. . . . 1,035,072 " " $121,408 



Over one-half of the cheese produced in the State in 1880 should be cred- 

 ited to the ten counties named above. 



AGGREGATE VALUE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS. 



The ten leading dairy counties in the State, as determined by the total 

 value of milk, butter and cheese produced in 1880, are named below: 



Kane county $ 1,420,968 



McHenry county 1,164,656 



Cook county 835,729 



DeKalb county 684,723 



DuPage county 628,089 



Will county 621,136 



Winnebago county 455,377 



Ogle county 452,637 



Lake county 420,243 



Whiteside county 375,258 



Total $7,058,816 



Total for State $16,072,497 



It will be seen that nearly half the dairy products of the State in 1880 

 were reported from the ten counties named above, 



DAIRY STATISTICS BY COUNTIES. 



The following table, giving the amount and value of butter, cheese and 

 milk reported in each couniy in the State in 1880, is given herewith for the 

 information and convenience of all who may wish to refer, in future, to the 

 last census returns. The values are estimated and approximate correctness. 



The census returns have been used in this paper, as they are more com- 

 plete than other dairy statistics ; 



