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The Board was organized on the 23d of March, 1872, 
and at one or two periods since then has passed through 
some very severe trials, which nearly cost it its existence, 
but happily wise counsels prevailed, these critical stages 
were passed, and to-day the Board stands in the very front 
rank of the dairy organizations of the land. It has a mem¬ 
bership of over 200, scattered through Illinois. Wisconsin, 
Iowa, Missouri, New York, and probably one or two other 
states. These embrace dealers, manufacturers and dairy¬ 
men, but of the latter there are only a few. 
Since the Board was organized the total sales of 
butter and cheese to the present time amount to $6087 - 
695.81. ' 
For the year 1880 the sales have amounted to over 
three-quarters of a million dollars more than they have been 
for any one year since the Board was organized. 
The sales the first year, 1872, amounted to #81,000; 
m 1873, $219,177.53; in 1874, #368,258.58 ; in 1875, $496,- 
220.04; in 1876, #767,640.68; in 1877, #1,059,085.08; in 
$775,597.15 ; in 1879, $539,143.67; in 1880, $1,801,- 
303.09. A magnificent sum, truly. 
In 1880 the number of boxes of cheese sold reached 
2 33-940, aggregating 9,226,474 pounds ; and the pounds 
of butter, 2,670,877. Allowing 500 boxes of cheese to a 
car, it would require 468 cars to transport the cheese to 
market; and 136 cars to put the butter into market. 
The following table will show the sales by months as 
they were reported on the Board : 
Months. • 
Boxes 
Cheese 
Sold. 
Pounds. 
Average 
Price. 
Pounds 
Butter 
Sold. 
Average 
Price. 
Total Sale. 
January . 
February.... 
March . 
April. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
August. 
September ... 
October . 
November ... 
December ... 
19,762 
11,612 
20,155 
20,557 
16,259 
23,936 
23,425 
23.351 
18,528 
20,776 
23,393 
■ 31,187 
786,286 
421,784 
717,661 
785,279 
604,058 
996,385 
r, 1:44,966 
956,563 
777,880 
801,717 
862,537 
1,088,153 
11 3-4 
12 
10 4-5 
10 1-2 
9 1-2 
7 3-5 
7 1-2 
10 1-4 
11 1-2 
11 
8 1-2 
8 
169,717 
191,010 
255,072 
199,152 
216,576 
243,276 
207,831 
243,283 
180,55c 
245,918 
343,956 
359,691 
33 3-4 
37 
32 4-5 
24 1-2 
21 1-8 
10 1-5 
23 i-4 
25 3-5 
29 i-4 
29 1-4 
33 i '4 
34 1-2 
$* 39 , 750.01 
120,049.32 
174,805.62 
138,104.24 
103,508.76 
128.245.72 
120,044.23 
164.660.0 6 
141.684.73 
167,831.12 
190,024.72 
212,014.51 
Total. 
233,940 
9,226,474 
2,670,877 
$1,801,303.09 
