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reau. A pretty definite file of grade and pure-bred cattle for sale in 

 the state is kept at the association office and, in this way, buyer and 

 seller are brought much closer together. We are trying to encour- 

 age Iowa inquirers to buy Iowa cattle because we believe they can 

 come more nearly finding out the real value of the animal they are 

 buying and can be more safely protected in their purchase. 



CO-OPERATION OF EXTENSION ORGANIZATIONS 

 We are pleased to report that we have never experienced a more 

 wholehearted and sincere co-operation from dairy and extension or- 

 ganizations than during the past year. The extension department, 

 the dairy husbandry department, and the dairy manufacturing de- 

 partment of Iowa State College, the Dairy and Food Commission, 

 and the State Dairy Council have co-operated with us and given us 

 assistance whenever it was in their power. 



PROJECTS FOR 1923 



The plans for 1923 include an expansion of the work carried on 

 this year. One representative handled all of the work for better 

 than half of the past year. We are assured of the financial support 

 of the dairy breed associations, of membership funds, and we hope 

 these will be sufficient to make possible the retaining of two repre- 

 sentatives for the entire year, even though our small state appropria- 

 tion will not. Without two men it is impossible to continue the 

 old work in anything like an efficient manner and still handle 

 the increasing demands. 



IOWA EGG LAW 



As has been frequently stated in previous annual reports, the pur- 

 pose of the Iowa egg law is to promote fair dealing in eggs and in- 

 crease the market value of our egg crop. In justice to most of the 

 dealers in eggs I will say that they so take it, but there are some, 

 more than there should be, who seem to feel that any restriction on 

 their manner of doing business is an infringement upon their per- 

 sonal liberty. 



It is the purpose of this department in making rules and regula- 

 tions for administering the law to not only encourage the merchant 

 who is disposed to be fair, but to protect him from the disastrous 

 results of unfair buying. Also to encourage the farmer to market 

 a better class of eggs. When you consider that during the spring 

 months when we get our best eggs it takes 45 dozen eggs on the 

 average to make a 30-dozen case of standard or No. 1 eggs, 15 dozen 

 going into secondary grades (and this does not include the bad eggs 



