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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Table showing amounts of Butter arid Cheese made in Wisconsin and Iowa 
during the years 1850, 1860 and 1870. 
Number Pounds of Butter and Cheese. 
Wisconsin. 
Iowa. 
Butter made in 1850 .t. 
3,639,750 
13,611,322 
22,473,036 
400,283 
1,104,400 . 
1,592,798 
2,171,188 
11,953,666 
*22,065,724 
200,840 
918,635 
*1,188,546 
Butter made in 1800... 
Butter made in 1870. 
Cheese made in 1850.. 
Cheese made in 1860. 
Cheese made in 1870. 
It is worthy of notice, that while the production of butter has 
nearly doubled, since 1860, there has been but a very small 
increase in the amount of cheese manufactured. Doubtless, 
the great number of cheese factories, springing up in all parts 
of Wisconsin will result in a large proportionate increase of 
this product; but thus far they seem merely to have manufac¬ 
tured about the same amount that would otherwise have been 
made on the farm. 
[For list .of cheese factories already in operation in this state, look under 
the head of manufactures.] 
No intelligent farmer any longer questions the possibility 
of greatly increasing the milk-producing qualities of cows by 
breeding with reference to it; and yet, so far as we have 
observed, but comparatively little attention has been given to 
this matter. The Ayrshires are universally acknowledged to 
be the best milkers—at least if we regard quantity , and they 
also yield a good quality of milk—and yet we know of but 
two or three small herds in the whole state. If there are 
insurmountable objections to the introduction of this breed, 
we have yet to learn what they are. 
As the prices of butter necessarily vary somewhat with the 
character of the season, we give the monthly averages for the 
whole period since 1860 : 
*State census of 1869. 
