366 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Dubuque J. N. Graham, D. V. S. 



Ft. Dodge Francis Ludgate, M D. C. 



Iowa City C. S. Chase, M. D. 



Keokuk Geo. R. Narrley, M. D. 



Marshalltown R. M. Allen, D. V. S. 



Mason City A. L. Wheeler, M. D. 



Muscatine C. J. Hackett, D. V. S. 



Ottumwa B. W. Van DerVeer 



Sioux City. W. D. Hayes, C. P. H. 



Waterloo N. A. Talty, Ph. C. 



Oskaloosa , 



SAMP'LES OF MILK EXAMINED BY LOCAL STATE MILK INSPEC- 

 TORS WORKING FOR THE STATE DAIRY AND FOOD 

 COMMISSION. 



Boone 174 



Burlington 945 



Cedar Rapids 861 



Council Bluffs 454 



Clinton 573 



Dubuque 524 



Davenport 585 



Des Moines 1,262 



Fort Dodge 404 



Iowa City 441 



Keokuk 390 



Marshalltown 46 



Mason City 665 



Muscatine 415 



Ottumwa 673 



Oskaloosa 247 



Sioux City 979 



Waterloo 985 



Total 10,123 



CREAMERY BUTTER. 



Iowa's creamery butter for the year ending July 1, 1917, was 

 made in 451 factories. This is the first year since I have been com- 

 missioner that there has not been a decrease in the number of 

 creameries. 



The make of butter for the year was 94,269,685 pounds or about 

 three million pounds less than last year. If Iowa is to keep up 

 the record made during the past few years strenuous effort will 

 have to be put forth during the coming year by all forces for the 

 up-building of the creamery industry. Although reports for the 



