NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VII 271 
antee of purity and cleanliness that the user of creamery butter 
has not for the reason that it is Government inspected." That is 
the most suggestive thing in the way of advertising I have seen. 
Mr. Odelt.: I may say before I leave this that I studied this 
matter a great deal before I framed up my talk, and I thank these 
gentlemen who voiced with me. I know how these conditions are 
and I am fully convinced that we will never make better butter until 
something is done to relieve conditions. We never can get down to 
business until the state and the state dairy association goes at it 
and both work in harmony — for quality. What the people want 
is better buter and they should have it. I am a crank on this sub- 
ject, but I have studied it and I am interested in the bettering of 
conditions. 
The following resolution was read by AV. B. Johnson and passed 
by a vote of the convention : 
Regulating the handling of cream from the producer to the manufac- 
turer: Cream being a perishable article, we insist that steps be taken to 
preserve by reducing the temperature to that degree whereby the develop- 
ment of bacteria will be retarded. Knowing that after a certain amount of 
putrefaction exists in cream, such as a high state of fermentation caused 
by the holding of cream too long and at too high a temperature before 
delivery is made, that the same connected with the unclean conditions as 
exists throughout the country at the present time due to the lack of care 
of the farm separator, the place where the separator is kept along with 
the cream and other utensils with no regard to sanitation or tempera- 
ture, the cream reaches a state where there is danger to the consuming 
public when it is manufactured and placed on sale as a food product. 
Second. For regulating the delivery and the acceptance for shipment 
and the transportation from the station to the manufacturing point which 
is being carried on at this time in a most deplorable manner, delivered 
in all kinds of conditions, at all temperatures and transported in all 
ways, such as baggage cars, box cars, express cars, etc. 
Third. To eliminate the unjust and inaccurate testing which is prac- 
ticed over the state and is the cause of a great deal of disturbance and 
illegitimate competition, making the honest man with ability subject to 
all kinds of charges as to dishonesty and inaccurate methods that are 
being practiced at the present time. 
And we do hereby petition the general assembly for the enactment of 
a law: 
First. That the field men of the Iowa State Dairy Association and the 
State Dairy Commissioner's department be empowered with authority to 
inspect the sanitary conditions at the farms, that the law shall provide 
that the producer of cream shall properly wash and clean each hand 
separator immediately after it is used; that cream immediately after 
separation be cooled to a temperature not exceeding 60 degrees and be 
held at such temperature until the same is delivered to the purchaser; 
