TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART IX 



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Cities 



Popiilation 



Inspectors 



Boone 10,347 



Burlington 25,741 



Cedar Rapids 32,811 



Clinton 25,577 



Council Bluffs 29,292 



Davenport 43,028 



Des Moines 86,368 



Dubuque 38,494 



Fort Dodge 15,543 



Keokuk 14,008 



Iowa City 10,091 



Marshalltown 14,000 



Mason City 11,230 



Muscatine 16,178 



Ottumwa 22,012 



Sioux City 47,848 



Waterloo 26,693 



M. E. Flynn 

 Phil Pray 



Peter Smith 



H. J. High 



J. Howard Sasseen 



P. J. Kennedy, D. V. S. 



D. C. Benjamin 



W. P. Sherlock, M. D. 

 C. S. Chase, M. D. 

 J. A. Turner 



A. L. Wheeler, M. D. 

 John Tillie, D. V. S. 



B. W. Van Der Veer 



E. C. Pape 

 W. W. Wyant 



CARE OF MILK AND CREAM. 



No articles of our diet are more benefited by cleanliness and low 

 temperature than the products of the cow. Probably no other food 

 products are so easily contaminated or become such a harbor for dis- 

 ease producing bacteria as milk and cream kept at high tempera- 

 tures. Thus it is very important for the producer, as well as the 

 wholesaler and retailer, to be provided with the proper facilities for 

 reducing and holding down the temperature during the warm sum- 

 mer months. 



The loss on butter each year, due to the stale and deteriorated 

 condition of the cream from which it is made, reaches far past the 

 million dollar mark. This poor quality of butter has become so 

 marked during the past few years that several states have seriously 

 considered the passing of stringent laws to regulate the quality of 

 cream which may be sold for butter-making purposes. So long as 

 the farmer gets no more per pound for clean, sweet cream than for 

 an old, stale article, there is no incentive for him to improve the 

 quality of his product. 



In view of the fact that just such conditions existed in the state 

 of Iowa, the Dairy and Food Commissioner made the following 

 ruling on March 15, 1911 : 



''The Dairy and Food Commission of the State of Iowa will use 

 every means to bring about the grading of cream and paying there- 

 fore according to quality or grade. The best interests of dairying in 



