SEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK-PART VII. 275 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



The following officers of the association were elected for the 

 ensuing year: 



President — W. B. Barney, Hampton, Iowa. 

 Vice-President — L. S. Edwards, Arlington, Iowa. 

 Secretary — W. B. Joiinson, Des Moines, Iowa. 

 Treasurer — F. M. Brown, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



The President : I told you la.st evening I would appoint com- 

 mittees at this time. I will appoint two, but will have to crave your 

 indulgence for the appointment of the executive committee. 



Resolutions Committee: H. J. Neitert, Walker; F. A. Leighton, Des 

 Moines; J. J. Brunner, Chai'les City. 



Auditing Committee: Fred Mack, Waterloo; Chas. Middlestadt, Ryan; 

 DeWitt Goodrich, Goldfield. 



PREPARING AND HANDLING OF STARTER. 



L. S. EDWARDS, AELINGTOX, lA. 



Owing to the limited time we have fo rpapers and discussions at our 

 conventions, I have endeavored to prepare my paper accordingly and 

 shall take but little of your time. 



That the use of a commercial starter is beyond the experimental stage 

 is no longer questioned, and the buttermaker who is not using a commer- 

 cial starter today is certainly not up to date and should wake up and join 

 the procession. 



With the demand for fresh, sweet cream and the rejection of old, 

 sour, stale cream by the gathered cream plants, comes a greater demand 

 for a starter, and the day is not far off when these people will be looking 

 after and offering handsome salaries for the buttermaker who can and 

 will produce a fine uniform starter every day. 



There is a constant and growing demand for a better and more uni- 

 form quality of butter, and there is nothing that will serve to supply thi3 

 demand quicker or better than more good commercial starter, and in my 

 opinion it will never be done without it. Consequently good commercial 

 starter must and shall take the place of old sour cream in the cream 

 ripeners. So let us be awake to the situation and when the demand 

 comes for more and better starters be prepared to produce them. 



I shall now endeavor to give you a few points of preparing a starter. 

 It is quite necessary that we carry one or more small "mother cultures" 

 along in glass jars besides the ones in the large can. This becomes 

 necessary for several reasons. In the first place, having only a small 

 quantity we are able to handle it in a more sanitary way and are also 

 able to control the temperature much better than it is possible to do in 

 the large can. Again, we have two, or as many as we prefer, to carry to 

 choose from, and then not having to depend entirely on one jar. Some 



