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stitutional. It is to be hoped that this matter will soon be 

 carried up until its constitutionality is declared, in order that a 

 new law may be framed in ease the one that is on the statutes 

 is incorrect. It might be interesting to some who are opposed 

 to the standard to know that we have picked up ice cream sam- 

 ples which have tested as low as four-tenths of one per cent in 

 butter fat. We do not believe that the better class of ice cream 

 manufacturers care to come in contact with manufacturers of 

 such ice cream, and that on careful consideration, they will come 

 to see that not only the public, but themselves are being pro- 

 tected by the enforcement of the ice cream law. 



With the idea in mind that the Department acts as an educa- 

 tional factor more than as a prosecuting agency, we are endeav- 

 oring to give every assistance to ice cream manufacturers, and 

 to show, if possible, how they may eliminate the guess work from 

 their business, and standardize their cream, in order to secure a 

 uniform product, both in the quality of the ice cream and the 

 per cent of butter fat. 



We are convinced more each year that the secret of success in 

 the ice cream business is in service, combined with uniformity of 

 the finished product which is secured by the standardization of 

 raw products. Those desiring to secure information as to how to 

 standardize cream can secure the same from this department by 

 writing for back numbers of the annual report of the Dairy and 

 Food Commissioner or by inquiring directly of the Department 

 for this information. 



In order to find out the extent of the ice cream business of 

 the state, we sent out blanks to all of the ice cream manufac- 

 turing establishments of the state, requesting them to send us a 

 statement of the amount of ice cream they had manufactured 

 during the past year. This request was very generally complied 

 with, and we are able to state definitely that the amount of ice 

 cream manufactured in the state of Iowa from October 1, 1912, 

 to October 1, 1913, was over 3,000,000 gallons. Not having had 

 figures on the amount made previous to this year, we are unable 

 to state the amount of increase over last year's business, but 

 believe we are safe in saying that the increase has been a mate- 

 rial one. Another year we hope to be able to make a comparison. 



With 3,000,000 gallons of ice cream as a working basis, and 

 figuring 12 per cent as the average per cent of butter fat in this 

 product, we can say to the producers of the state, that the ice 



