326 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



to Gupport their families on the pay received from the state, the 

 coet of living having increased more than 50% in the last few 

 years. 



During the year ending July 1, 1918, the creameries of Iowa 

 made 83,349,309 lbs. of butter. This is 10,920,376 lbs. less than 

 the make of last year and 12,886,393 lbs. less than the average make 

 for the preceding ten years. 



Our ice cream factories at our creameries made 5,513,997 gallons 

 of ice cream, an increase of 1,286,600 gallons and our condensed 

 milk factories consumed 21,015,692 pounds of milk. 



Iowa's cheese factories have made good progress. They made 

 755,921 lbs. of cheese as compared with 596,639 lbs. produced last 

 year. 



Early this summer an agency for securing butter for the navy 

 was established in New York City. The function of this depot is 

 to act as a collection point and clearing house for the butter packed 

 by the numerous creameries supplying it. 



Butter for the navy or Navy Butter, as it is popularly called, 

 is a grade of butter different from that previously made by our 

 creameries. It is made from sweet cream only, and under con- 

 ditions which will insure its keeping qualities when stored. The 

 regulations under which the navy butter must be made are rather 

 exacting and under normal conditions creameries prefer to make 

 their regular grade of butter rather than meet the conditions of 

 the, regulations. 



Realizing the importance of supplying the boys of our navy 

 with a proper diet this depatment in co-operation with representa- 

 tives of the Dairy Division of the IT. S. Department of Agriculture 

 and the Dairy Department of the Iowa State College, held meet- 

 ings, with such creamery boards as we could interest, with the re- 

 sult that over forty creameries are now making butter for the navy 

 on contract. They have already delivered over 3,000,000 lbs. to 

 the navy. 



All of these creameries are located in the north one-third of the 

 State and in the most highly developed dairy centers where daily 

 inspection, one of the requisites of the navy regulations, is possible. 

 We have many additional creameries equipped to make this grade 

 of butter but most of them are isolated and the manufacture of 

 navy butter in them is not practicable. 



"We have not endeavored to increase our output of Iowa Trade- 

 Mark butter this year as we considered it our patriotic duty to 



