TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART IX 399 



COWS or 727 herds. The following shows the record of the first ten 

 herds, the average production being the amount of butter fat 

 brought to the creamery: 



8 14% 229.4 



9 15y2 227.4 



10 9 224.8 



The foregoing figures show quite conclusively that the association 

 is doing a great deal of good in improving the producing ability of 

 the individual animal. 



There is no valid reason why other associations should not be 

 formed throughout the state. The Dairy and Food Conunission 

 stands ready at all times to assist in organizing new associations 

 and to assist them in any way after the organization. The increasing 

 demand of the consuming public for more and better dairy prod- 

 ucts should stimulate the producer along the lines of better dairy- 

 ing. 



ICE CREAM. 



Realizing the importance of the ever growing ice cream industry 

 in the State of Iowa, we feel that any efforts made on the part of 

 the Dairy and Pood Commission in stimulating the manufacture or 

 improving the quality of this product is energy well directed. For 

 many years the buttermakers have received aid from the State 

 Fairs, Dairy Associations and Experiment Stations through con- 

 tests and short courses, for the purpose of increasing their efficiency 

 and making their finished product more salable. These sources of 

 education have been of untold benefit to the buttermaker, and it is 

 only reasonable to assume that the same avenues of information 

 would be equally as beneficial to the ice cream maker. The ice cream 

 industry has increased tenfold in as many years ; where once eonsid- 



