Souvenir of the Illinois dairy exhibit, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 . even report dairy cows. Henceit has been necessary to make some estimates based, how-ever, on actual figures, where they could be obtained. CHICAGO MILK SUPPLY. Chicago receives daily 18,000 eight-gallon cans ofmilk, or 6,570,000 cans per annum, worth to the farmer80 cents per can, or $5,256,000. Reckoning that thepopulation outside of Chicago consumes the sameamount per capita—which is much less than the actualquantity consumed in the rural districts, for the farm-ing population consume 100 per cent more than thecity
Souvenir of the Illinois dairy exhibit, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 . even report dairy cows. Henceit has been necessary to make some estimates based, how-ever, on actual figures, where they could be obtained. CHICAGO MILK SUPPLY. Chicago receives daily 18,000 eight-gallon cans ofmilk, or 6,570,000 cans per annum, worth to the farmer80 cents per can, or $5,256,000. Reckoning that thepopulation outside of Chicago consumes the sameamount per capita—which is much less than the actualquantity consumed in the rural districts, for the farm-ing population consume 100 per cent more than thecity population, and the smaller cities more than thelarge ones, from the fact that it is less expensive, is acomplete article of food without preparation, andeasily obtained. This would make the value of freshmilk consumed in the State $21,024,000. CONDENSED MILK. There are in operation in this State eight condensingmilk factories, which purchase from the farmers anaggregate of 102,200,000 pounds of milk, making theannual income to the farmers from this source $1,022, 26 ILLINOIS DAIRY EXHIBIT. ILLINOIS MILK SHIPPED TO ST. LOUIS. The amount of milk received in St. Louis fromIllinois is annually 503,700 cans, making the annualamount worth $402,960 to the farmers of Illinois. THE ELGIN DAIRY BOARD OF TRADE. The number of pounds of butter sold on the ElginDairy Board of Trade for 1892 were 30,496,284; thenumber of pounds of cheese, 7,115,735; the cash receivedfor butter, $7,725,; for cheese, $589,; total,$8,315, The average price per pound for butterin 1892, 25i cents. There were represented on theElgin Daily Board for 1892, 300 creameries, leaving266 creameries in the State not reporting their sales tothat Board; counting that they made the same averageamount per creamery, makes the total value of creamerybutter in the State $14,575, The value of cheesemade outside the Elgin district (assessors returns), 607,-115 pounds, valued at $77,378. DAIRY BUT
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