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& vv,: v- McHENRY PLAINDEALER McHENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 18, 1937 ILLINOIS * V. '.J* -f.lv •>r',n- *' -"ft: ••<"••. • • y* « *•& _-vr * •«• r~> •< »' r* Sr.jr' HJ>. r : - o : - , - f . - .•* ^ . *";v „ ~..i- " >-s ' • V,:';v' \ _ ' . •&'* -- V~^:V ...r •x ; ,% : 70 Millions CaslfFrom"Milk • «- w* • V .• Dairy Products In Front Rank FARM PRICES GAIN Three Eourths of State's Farms Engage in Dairying Illinois' 1,146.000 milk cows prouce more than one sixth of the total farm income of the state. The milk that flows from these patient animals in a ne/er-ending from over three fourths of the farm* of the state and has built uf> an industry valued in millions of dollars. Today dairying, already one of ie state's greatest industries, is more rapidly in Illinois for the country as a whole, ie farm value of the states i alone iamounted to over on the first of the year. This does not count the value of the farm land, buildings and equipment, which would bring the total farm value of Illinoii' dairy industry to around one billion dollars. A Huge Industry Even this does not do justice to the importance of Illinois' dairy industry because to this figure must be added the value of the holding tanks, pasteurizers, bottle washing machines, capping machines, churns, ice cream freezers, trucks, plants and buildings of The best estimate now available places the farm cash income from milk at around $70,000,000 for 1936. This figure includes only the cash the state's dairy farmers received from the milk they sold. - ttiM tato ***** %*• " •' - lue of milk the farmers retain their farms for household u or feeding to calves. Milk is a vital factor in U prosperity of the entire state and the most reliable source of farm purchasing power throughout the Milk is what keeps the cash registers in the store jingling--the school buses rolling--the new cars moving from dealers' showrooms --in fact, the daily flow of milk is the life blood of Illinois' business. The two and one-third billion quarts of milk produced yearly in Illinois would fill 75.000 tank cars, each holding 8.000 gallons of milk. If all of this milk were made into butter more than 12,000 freight cars would be needed to haul it in Illinois in 12 months to make a solid cheese a foot thi6k more than 75 miles long and 4 miles wide. Milk distributing companies in Illinois purchase around $15,000.- 000 worth of hay, gasoline, tires, [, ntnwr a*r m»"'•«V» l!ig"h. V -t , v - " ' : * . , --all of the myriad of things needed to get fluid milk to the consumer-- for the daf-and-nlght task of converting this river of milk into cash. The average price paid to Illinois farmers for milk Increased *;• over 60 per cent from 1C32 to 1936. And the rising consumer purchasing power seems ample reason for a forecast that Illinois' dairy farmers can regard the future with confidence. i:-:-...vr;; Illinois both "exports" and " >rts" milk from other states- Illinois butter probably most of the states of the Union. The average person in the United States consumes about "00 pounds of milk a year. Since Illinois' production per capita also approxithat Illinois' "exports" and "imports" of milk about balance. Illinois is one of the leading dairy states in the'Union. In fact, Illinois is a proverbial land of "milk and honey" but milk plays the stellar role, " " ' H