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better methods of caring for milk and cream is naturely a slower 

 process than teaching better methods of manufacture to the butter 

 maker. As a result our creameries have inade more rapid progress 

 due to improved methods of manufacture rather than as a result 

 of securing a better quality of raw product to use. We have con- 

 fidence, however, in the educational work being carried on with 

 the producers and firmly believe that our creameries will continue 

 to notice a gradually better product being offered to them. 



The heavy demand during the summer of the ice cream manu- 

 facturers for sweet cream diverted to their use much of the very 

 best raw material for butter making. This situation was felt by 

 the buttermakers during the season. 



We find that 462 Iowa creameries secure their raw material 

 from 119,429 patrons who milk 710,714 cows and use 107,853 farm 

 separators. Each of these items shows a marked increase over those 

 of the preceding year; there being an increase of 14 per cent in 

 the number of patrons and an increase of 30 per cent in the number 

 of separators used. There has been an addition of 35,173 cows to 

 Iowa dairy herds devoted to the production of milk and cream 

 for manufacturing butter. 



PRICE OP BUTTER. 



SHOWING AVERAGE MONTHLY PRICE, IN CENTS AND FRACTIONS THEREOF 



OF EXTRA CREAMERY BUTTER IN NEW YORK MARKET. THE PAST 



TWELVE YEARS. EACH YEAR ENDING WITH OCTOBER 1. 



October .. 

 November 

 December 

 January . 

 February 

 March ... 



-April 



May 



June 



July 



Augtist .. 

 September 



24.81 

 26.85 

 29.10 

 3-2. IS 

 28.07 

 20. OS 

 23.71 

 20.49 

 20.5f> 

 21. U 

 20. 6S 



21.84 

 2.3. K 

 24.80 

 26.50 

 27.0! 

 27.00 

 21. 8S 

 20.17 

 20.25 

 20.62 

 22.57 

 24.62 



26.11 

 27.62 

 31.64 

 30.80 

 32.54 

 30.61 

 30.69 

 25.01 

 23.60 

 24.81 

 24.88 

 27.81 



Av. value per lb 

 per year 24.89 23. 4<; 27.59 27.62 28.48 30.60 



29.15 

 27.2c 

 28.87 

 30.69 

 32.3a 

 28.40 

 28.55 



22.43 



23.85 

 23.88 



26.73 

 29.57 

 31.31 

 31.52 

 SO. 09 

 29.53 

 27.08 

 26.58 

 25.8Q 

 26.23 

 27.19 

 30.13 



30.95 

 34.90 

 33.44 

 29.64 



31.13 

 28.43 

 27.92 

 28.31 

 29. 3S 

 29. S9 



31.17 

 29.66 

 26.39 

 26.11 

 23.91 

 21.11 

 21.87 

 24.99 

 25.10 

 26.31 

 26.55 



30.44 

 33.91 

 36.79 

 38.10 

 31.14 

 30.64 

 32.35 

 30.43 

 27.31 

 27.13 



31.29 

 34.46 

 37.27 

 35.18 

 36.39 

 36.77 

 34.C-9 

 28.61 

 27.81 

 27.02 

 27.98 

 31.57 



31.46 

 33.85 

 36.12 

 32.66 

 29.34 

 27.74 

 25.40 

 26.16 

 27.22 

 27.90 

 30.43 

 31.4: 



33 



33.50 



32.31 



28.23 



27.02 



21 32.41 29.97 30.29 32.43 



28.61 

 31.10 

 35.09 

 32.64 

 33.86 

 36.96 

 36. V3 

 31.08 

 29.82 

 28.93 

 31.20 



TRADE-MARK BUTTER. 

 The production of butter under the state trade-mark has made 

 as rapid progress as the exacting provisions of the regulations gov- 

 erning the use of the trade-mark have permitted. 



