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made for this report. Prof. Lee is very emphatic in his opiinon 

 that buttermakers should have the right to destroy poor cream. 

 He spoke of the matter of soaking tubs. He recently made an ex- 

 periment in which he soaked ten tubs alike and found that after 

 soaking their weight varied from seventy to seventy-six pounds. 

 Thus, he recommended taking the tare of every tub. 



Many other subjects were brought out, but the pictures con- 

 stituted the larger part of his time, and it is difficult to report 

 without having the pictures to accompany the talk. 



The first thing Thursday morning was the buttermakers' judg- 

 ing contest. It was open for every buttermaker who had an ex- 

 hibit of butter at the convention. Ten tubs were selected by the 

 judges and scored in advance of the judging contest. They were 

 then scored by the buttermakers, and the results, as compared with 

 those of the judges, decided the contest. Chris. B. Jensen, of 

 Hubbard, won first place and the $25 gold-plated butter trier. 

 Mr. Jensen's score was only ten and one-half points off. Julius 

 Brunner, of Charles City, and F. W. Bremer, of Sumner, tied for 

 second place, their scores being eleven points off. They each re- 

 ceived a silver-plated trier. Fred M. Zell, of Sumner, won third, 

 being twelve and one-half points off. 



Following the buttermakers' judging contest, Frank M. Brown 

 auctioned off the convention butter. There was a good crowd of 

 buyers and it was sold to the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Com- 

 pany, of Jersey City (being represented by Gus Ludwig), for 

 33 1-16 cents f. o. b. Waterloo. The New York market that day 

 was 30 cents for extras. 



The convention went into a short session in the forenoon, at 

 which time the election of officers took place, resulting as follows: 

 President, W. B. Quarton, Algona; vice-president, Geo. Kolthoff, 

 Britt; secretary, J. J. Ross, Iowa Falls; treasurer, E. T. Sadler, 

 Waterloo. All these officers were re-elected. 



Prof. C. Larsen, of Brookings, S. D., was called on and made an 

 address on ''The Work of the Dairy Cow." 



WORK OF THE DAIRY COW. 



The dairy cow as a worker is in a class by herself. She works day 

 and night and year after year provided she is given the opportunity. 

 Few of us stop to analyze the work of the dairy cow. When such is 

 done her importance on the farna is perhaps more fully appreciated. 



The average field crops such as hay, straw and grain, are bulky, 

 heavy and expensive to market. Especially is this true for us who 

 live in the central west and northwestern states a long distance from 



