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MANAGEMENT OF DAIRY PLANTS 



A. COST OF MARKETING BUTTER 



Creamery butter is generally sold on the markets according 

 to quality under the following grades. "Higher scoring lots, 

 Extras, Extra Firsts, Firsts, and Seconds." A comparison is 

 presented in Table XIX l of the official creamery-butter grades 

 of different wholesale trade organizations. 



TABLE XIX 



COMPARISON OF THE OFFICIAL CREAMERY BUTTER GRADES OF DIFFERENT 

 WHOLESALE TRADE ORGANIZATIONS 



* The plus sign (-{-) indicates that higher scores are included. 



1 U. S. Dep. of Agriculture, Bui. 682, 1918. 



2 At the discretion of a " Butter Committee'' the scores required for various grades 

 in the New York market are subject to change. 



a Prime firsts. 



