412 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



cream factories. It is impossible to determine the exact amount 

 of ice cream manufactured throughout the state but the figures we 

 have been able to secure would indicate that the output of butter 

 is materially reduced by the diverting of cream to the manufacture 

 of ice cream. 



Much of the butter manufactured during the latter part of the 

 season has shown considerable improvement in quality but a large 

 amount of butter is still going to the markets which is of poor 

 quality by reason of the raw material being received in poor con- 

 dition. 



The figures showing the amount of butter manufactured in each 

 county will very nearly represent the amount produced in the 

 counties throughout the north half of the state. In districts where 

 the centralizing creameries are located, the number of cows re- 

 ported for each county and the butter manufactured will not give 

 a true idea of the butter industry as much of the cream received 

 . by these central plants is shipped a considerable distance and 

 many of the cows reported are in fact owned in adjoining counties. 



