McHenry County

What U. S. county gives the most milk? McHenry County, Ill. What U. S. county has the most sick cows, the greatest number of infected farmyards ? What county do dairymen speak of as the "black belt?' McHenry County, Ill., at once the most fertile and the most diseased. More than 80% of the cows of this county have been shown by the tuberculin test to be tuberculous, yet McHenry County supplies Chicago with most of its milk. Last week despite supplications of "downstate" farmers, the Chicago Board of Aldermen proposed an ordinance which...

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