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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



SHOWING AVERAGE MONTHY PRICE OF EXTRA WESTERN CREAMERY 

 BUTTER IN NEW YORK MARKET. 



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November . 



December 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June - . 



July 



August 



September - 



October 



Average value per 

 111. per year 



2325 

 2290 

 2040 

 2042 

 1937 

 1980 

 1580 

 l687 

 1687 

 1860 

 2025 

 2235 



$.1971 



.2337 

 .2160 

 .1975 

 .2100 

 .2075 

 .1962 

 .1790 

 .1880 

 .1835 

 .2000 

 .2262 

 .2400 



$.2600 

 .2720 

 .2650 

 .2500 

 .25.')0 

 .1960 

 .2012 

 .1950 

 .1960 

 .2100 

 .2150 

 .2190 



$.2C<5": $.2278 



.27162 



.3164 

 .3080 

 .3254 

 .3061 

 .3069 

 .2.")01 

 .2360 

 .2481 

 .2488 

 .2781 

 .2915 



.2725 $.2957 

 .2887 .3131 

 .3069 .3152 

 .3233 .3009 

 .2840! .2953 

 .2855 .2708 



.2369 

 .2329 

 .2243 



.2658 

 .2581 

 .2623 

 .2285] .2719 

 .2388 1 .3013 

 .2673 .3064 



$.2826 



$.2658 $.2380 



AEVRAGE VALUES ON DECEMBER 1ST OF EACH YEAR. 



Corn -. 

 Oats — 

 Hay — 

 Wheat 

 Hogs — 

 Cows - 



.287 



.255 



6.0O 



4.40 

 29.66 



f .303 



.249 



7.27 



.584 



5.00 



31.60 



1900 



5 .357 



.258 



3.89 



.619 



6.20 



30.00 



1901 



1902 



$ .605 



.399 



10.01 



.624 



7.03 



29.23 



? .403 



.307 



9.06 



.63 



7.78 



30.21 



1903 



i .423 



.341 



9.08 



.695 



6.15 



29.21 



1904 



i .441 



.313 



8.72 



.924 



5.99 



27.44 



1905 1906 



f .412 

 .291 

 8.52 



.748 

 6.18 

 29.44 



1907 



S .399$ .518 

 .317 .443 



10.37 11.68 



.667 



7.62 



31.00 



.874 



6.05 



30.67 



1908 



^ .006 



.472 



8.98 



.928 



6.55 



32.30 



ADULTERATED BUTTER. 



The statute of this state makes eighty per eent the standard on 

 butter, that is to say, butter containing less than eighty per cent 

 butterfat is denominated "adulterated." 



The Internal Revenue Department of the United States defines 

 adulterated butter, among other things, as butter which has six- 

 teen per eent or more of water, and upon adulterated butter there 

 is a tax of ten cents a pound and a license fee of $600.00 for the 

 manufacture. The Internal Revenue officials have authority to 

 seize and detain any butter Avhich seems to them suspicious, and 

 if the analysis shows more than sixteen per cent of water the tax 

 of ten cents a pound is assessed and the license fee of $600.00 is 

 also assessed and a penalty of $300.00 is demanded. So far as 

 known to this department efforts to escape penalties after they are 



