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were looking for a high class butter, and if this demand could not 

 be supplied at home, foreign makes of butter would be used. He 

 stated that Denmark was in position to export about twice as much 

 butter as is made in the state of Iowa. Holland also made a good 

 quality, and the possibility of securing butter from there was good, 

 that they had a surplus of about one hundred million pounds an- 

 nually. He also favored the call system at the scoring contests. 

 That is, the buttermakers should not be informed in advance when 

 the contests are to take place, that they should be required to take 

 a sample of their daily make, and send it to the contest. Mr. Mor- 

 tensen also outlined the branding of butter as it is being conducted 

 in Denmark, which he considered efficient, and had built up the 

 dairy business of that country. Creameries which had been 

 granted the use of the brand were called upon at intervals to sub- 

 mit samples of their product. If it did not come up to standard, 

 other samples at intervals of a few days would be asked for, and 

 if the quality was not standard the authorities were notified, and 

 the brand was taken away from the creamery. This would prac- 

 tically shut off their market, and if any creamery could not dis- 

 pose of their product in that way it meant a great sacrifice to them, 

 and would soon result in closing the plant. 



Mr. Mortensen made one very strong point, that the creameries 

 should bear in mind; — he said that any movement such as the 

 branding of butter must come from the creameries. There must 

 be a demand from them. They should be the instigators and ask 

 for the privilege of using the brand, and they should go before the 

 Legislature the next season and ask for a law permitting the brand- 

 ing of butter. These remarks impressed the audience very much, 

 and it devolves upon the buttermakers and creameries of the state 

 of Iowa to take this matter in hand, and do the preliminary work 

 which without the sentiment and backing of the creameries would 

 amount to but little. 



Following Professor Mortensen 's talk, Martin H. Meyer, secretary 

 of the National Creamery Buttermakers' Association, spoke briefly 

 about the association and of the convention for 1915. 



J. J. Brunner, secretary of the Iowa Buttermakers' Association, 

 spoke briefly on the subject of "Are We Progressing?" 



E. M. Wentworth said: "Since the Iowa State Dairy Associa- 

 tion and the Iowa Dairj^ Cattle Congi'ess have met in conjunction, 

 the Dairy Cattle Congress has contributed prior to this time $2100 

 in cash and has given the association 1000 free memberships. These 



