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years the creameries will begin to gain recognition for being the 

 beauty spots of their town. We are confident that the creamery direc- 

 tors as well as the buttermakers are with us in this work. Further- 

 more Mr. Barney is determined that something must be done and has 

 taken one step further. He will have his inspectors score the cream- 

 eries while making their regular visits. This score will be considered 

 equal to the score of the creamery grounds. The grounds will be 

 judged partly from photographs and partly from personal inspection. 

 The highest scoring creameries will be carefully inspected before the 

 award is made. I have been assured that the Iowa State Dairy As- 

 sociation is willing to put up a $50 silver cup for a contest to continue 

 over a period of five years. The winner for the first year will have a 

 cut of his creamery engraved on one side of the cup and will hold the 

 cup for one year. The other winners will have their names engraved, 

 as well as names of creameries and year of winning the cup, a cut of 

 the creamery winning the cup the fifth time will be engraved on the 

 cup which will then become the permanent property of the butter- 

 maker of that creamery. 



If you go to Dayton, Ohio, you will find one of the most beautiful 

 spots of that city to be the location of the National Cash Register 

 Company's factory. Formerly this was the most desolate part of the 

 city. This factory has won reputation over the world. This is not 

 merely due to the managers' ability as business men, but largely due 

 to their method of beautifying their grounds and factories so as to 

 make them homelike to their employees. 



Let us all unite in an effort toward beautifying our Iowa creameries. 

 Let it be demonstrated that it is possible to make the creamery grounds 

 the most beautiful spot in our town and in this tasteful and pleasant 

 home we are doing much in the moulding of the characters of our 

 creamery employees. 



President Pearson, of the Iowa State College, made a few ex- 

 temporaneous remarks complimenting the buttermakers on the 

 work they were doing and on their progressive spirit. They are 

 building up the state and they have it in their power not only. to 

 make good butter, but also to help make better farms. 



Prof. Carl E. Lee, of Madison, Wis., made an interesting talk 

 on "The Workmanship of Butter." His address was illustrated 

 with lantern slides and was exceedingly educational. His intro- 

 ductory remarks brought out several facts, among them being the 

 overlooking of the patrons in the awarding of prizes to butter- 

 makers. He said the patrons should be recognized in some way, 

 as no buttermaker could make prize-winning butter unless his 

 patrons gave him prize winning cream. 



Lantern slides were used all through Prof. Lee's talk to illus- 

 trate various phases of buttermaking and dairying. His slides were 

 especially prepared by himself and it is impossible to have cuts 



