390 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



more assistant dairy commissioners and transferred the state milk 

 inspector to the dairy department. They made his title state dairy 

 inspector. These changes were recommended by this department 

 and it is most gratifying to ns to be able to have a force of suf- 

 ficient size to care for the work in a way that will prove both prof- 

 itable to the dairy interests of the state and acceptable to the gen- 

 eral public. 



Our work with tke Thirty-third General Assembly as President 

 of the Iowa State Dairy association led us to believe that about the 

 only way this department could get the additional help they so 

 much needed was by the enactment of a license law that would 

 bring revenue to the state that would pay a large portion of the sal- 

 ary and expense of the extra help. 



As the state dairy inspector is authorized to do work over the 

 entire state, we recommended that the milk license law effective in 

 cities of 10,000 population or more be made to apply to all munici- 

 pal incorporations, which would materially increase the revenue 

 from this source. 



As a great share of the time of the assistant dairy commissioners 

 is spent looking after the interests of the creameries and cream 

 buyers, we advised the enactment of a law requiring operators of 

 the Babcock test for testing milk or cream for purchase, to take out 

 a license for which they shall pay $2.50 per annum. 



The operator of the test is required to pass an examination to 

 show that he or she is competent and qualified to properly use the 

 test. At first thought, it was not the intention of this department 

 to require the older creamery men and buttermakers to take this 

 examination, but after due consideration we concluded that we 

 would never know where to stop if we extended any favors of this 

 kind. "We have, therefore, required all applicants for license to 

 take the examination. It may be of interest to know that of the 

 2,400 applicants more than 300 did not qualify on being examined 

 the first time. Many of these have posted up and have since 

 taken another examination, with the result that they have been 

 issued a license. About forty applicants have not qualified. Only a 

 small percentage of the applicants from whom we have withheld 

 licenses are buttermakers. 



For the purpose of enabling applicants for these licenses to take 

 the examination with the least possible expense, one of the assist- 

 ant commissioners has visited at least one accessible point in each 

 county in the state to give examinations. Many counties have been 



