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price. That is. supposing the butter scores 93, then there should 

 be paid 25c.. for it: for even- increase in the score of one point 

 there should be a corresponding increase in the price of one" 

 quarter of a cent: if two points above 93 an increase of c«ie 

 half cent. If the score went below 93 or at whatever place the 

 limit was set. then the price would lower one quarter of a cent 

 for ever}- point it went below that score, and so on down. I 

 think that would be a fair scale and think perhaps some similar 

 method will be recognized in the future. 



]\Ir. ]Morck: I would like to ask 'Mr. Larsen what would 

 u e do with our pure food laws, providing we do use neutralizers 

 in pasteurization? Our laws as they stand prohibit thaL 



]Mr. Larsex : That question came up when we started to 

 carr\- on this experiment, and Professor ^NlcKay wrote to the 

 authorities at Washington, to the revenue department, and 

 several other people who were supposed to be in authority. 

 They replied to go on and experiment with it and they did not 

 think there would be any diffcult}-, but I am not posted and 

 could not say as to whether the law would prohibit the use of 

 it or not. I think so far there is no occasion to use any . 

 neutralizer. I think we ought to appty our energies towards 

 improving the quality- of tlie cream so it will pasteurize prop- 

 erly without tlie use of neutralizers. 



The Chairman : -\n\tliing furtlier? If not we will take up 

 our program again. \\"e have been pari:icularly favored during 

 this meeting at Cedar Rapids bj^ the entertainment that has 

 been furnished by the cit},\ I do not believe we have ever held 

 a convention where we have had as much really fine tntenain- 

 ment as Cedar Rapids has given us, and not the least of this 

 has been rendered by Miss Inez Jackson, who has favored us 

 before and will appear before you again this afternoon. 



Miss Jackson followed witli a ver\- enjoyable reading and 

 responded to an encore. 



The Ch-Urman : The next and last on our program is a 

 paper by Mr. W. B. Jolinson. of Arlington, How to Prepare 

 Starters for Cream Ripening. 



