272 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
that such cream shall be delivered every other day in summer and not 
to exceed every third day in winter; that all utensils used in the handling 
and caring for cream by any person whomsoever shall be kept at all times 
in a clean, hygienic and sanitary place. 
Second. That any person, firm or corporation buying cream in this 
state shall be required to maintain a clean, hygienic and sanitary place 
for the care and handling of cream and shall provide the ncessary 
equipment for the keeping of such cream at a temperature of not to ex- 
ceed 60 degrees and shall not offer for shipment or sell any cream which 
is at a temperature exceeding 60 degrees, and that all common carriers 
carrying cream shall be required to keep the same in a clean, hygienic 
condition and at a temperature not exceeding 60 degrees. 
Third. That all persons operating the Babcock test used for determin- 
ing butter-fat sold or purchased shall be required to sustain an examina- 
tion as to his fitness therefor, such examination to be given by the State 
Dairy Commissioner of the State Experiment Station, with power to annul 
certificate at any time that examination shows inability or dishonesty in 
the performance of operation. Also that proper penalties be attached for 
non-compliance of the above. The above is without discrimination and 
is in justice to the protection of legitimate business and public health. 
The Chairman: The next matter is the presentation of medals 
and reading of the scores. Mr. Johnson and Dairy Commissioner 
Wright will take charge. 
Mr. Wright : We have been holding, you know, at Des i\Ioines 
a six months' Scoring Contest. Two of the numbers were not un- 
der the commissioner's department this one and the State Fair 
scorings — but we have had four others conducted by the state and 
the scoring has been done by the assistatnt dairy commissioners. 
We agreed that a certain New York gentleman was to buy the 
butter. He was to charge us 21/2 per cent commission instead of 
the usual 5 per cent, the other 2i/2 per cent being donated by him 
for .this purpose. That matter was arranged in the beginning and 
the butter from five scorings has been sold to that gentleman, and 
the proceeds, less the five per cent commission, have been remitted 
to the respective winners. Two and a half per cent commission 
was his for selling the butter, 2i/o per cent remains in my hands 
for the purpose of giving prizes for the four scorings. The State 
Fair gave prizes of their own and this organization gives prizes. 
We have had 675 tubs. The first scoring amounted to 176, and the 
last 66 tubs. I do not Imow whether it occurs to you, but it 
occurs to me that you can't run a scoring contest unless some one 
sends butter. It may occur to you also that there may be such a 
small amount of butter there that the expenses would be so great 
that it was not worth while, so the boys have made considerable 
