410 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



Second Grade — Second grade cream is cream that is too sour to 

 grade as first grade, or may have weedy or other undesirable 

 flavors or odors. All other cream shall be deemed illegal. 



Illegal Cream — Illegal cream is cream that is very old, rancid, 

 mouldy, dirty or muddy; or that is produced from an unclean 

 separator ; or that is stored, handled or transported in unclean cans ; 

 or that has been produced, handled, separated, stored or trans- 

 ported in violation of the state dairy, pure food or sanitary law; 

 and the sale, purchase or manufacture of such cream for any hu- 

 man food purpose should be prohibited by statutes. 



In the spring of 1911 the dairy and food department at the 

 solicitation of several of the larger creameries of the state, made a 

 ruling governing the buying of cream according to quality. Copies 

 of these rulings were printed in large quantities and distributed 

 all over the state, in fact practically every creamery man and 

 cream station operator had a copy of them tacked up in his place 

 of business to refer to. These rulings were not adhered to by many 

 unscrupulous buyers and thus the good accruing from our efforts 

 would scarcely defray the cost of printing. 



Before "cream grading" can be put on a workable basis in the 

 state of Iowa or any other state, the cream-station operator must 

 be better trained and equipped. He is not now competent to tell 

 the difference between first and second grade cream and the facili- 

 ties of the average station are insufficient for handling a perishable 

 product. The operator is put in charge of the station, a check 

 book is placed in his hand, and he is instructed to pay a certain 

 price for butter fat, and under no conditions to vary this price 

 unless competition demands it. Then this cream is placed in ten 

 gallon cans and shipped, without refrigeration, to the place of 

 manufacture from fifty to five hundred miles distant. For these 

 reasons we must maintain that the central plants are largely re- 

 sponsible for the poor grade of cream delivered to our Iowa 

 creameries. 



We are in favor of cream grading; we are in favor of law forc- 

 ing the grading of cream in every creamery of the State. We are 

 ready and willing to lend our assistance to any plant soliciting our 

 aid. We want to see every creamery adopt an honest and con- 

 scientious grading system, and stick to it, and when that is done 

 Iowa butter will be greatly enhanced in value. 



