Where have all the Kane cows gone?

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A cow makes her way across field Monday near Allen Road Hampshire. Of 759 farms found Kane County 2007

A cow makes her way across a field Monday near Allen Road in Hampshire. Of 759 farms found in Kane County in 2007 when the last Census of Agriculture was taken, only 14 farms still had milk cows. | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Joe White gets help from his father John White Jr. transferring soybeans from btruck February White farm Elburn. Joe White

Joe White gets help from his father John White Jr. transferring soybeans from a bin to a truck in February at the White farm in Elburn. Joe White is president of the Kane County Farm Bureau, as his father was. | Sun-Times Media~File Photo

Ray Dorothy Russell have rural road thbears their last name PlaTownship west Elgin. The couple their relatives have farmed rural

Ray and Dorothy Russell have a rural road that bears their last name in Plato Township west of Elgin. The couple and their relatives have farmed the rural area for decades. | Sun-Times Media~File Photo

Cows etheir morning meal after milking Sunset Farm Hampshire where three generations Conro’s produce milk harvest soybeans other vegetables. |

Cows eat their morning meal after milking on the Sunset Farm in Hampshire where three generations of Conro’s produce milk and harvest soybeans and other vegetables. | Sun-Times Media~File Photo

Cows line fence Monday Kenyfarm South Elgin. June 18 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Cows line the fence Monday on the Kenyon farm in South Elgin. June 18, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Northern Kane County and the farm animal go way back together. When the first railroad was built westward from Chicago in 1850, its first major western terminal was Elgin, and one of its main reasons for being was to carry milk from Kane County farmers …