RURAL LEGISLATION 



with much difficulty. Thus, for example, 

 legal definitions of pure milk have resulted 

 in some cows giving illegal milk. In some 

 instances the law has declared simply that 

 whole milk is milk from which no cream 

 has been removed; in others, the minimum 

 amount of butter fat has been prescribed; in 

 still others, the minimum amount of total 

 solids containing a minimum proportion of 

 butter fat has been made the basis of legal 

 milk. In like manner full cream cheese 

 has been defined as cheese made from whole 

 milk or from milk from which only a given 

 amount of cream has been removed, while 

 in other instances the minimum amount of 

 butter fat which full cream cheese may con- 

 tain is prescribed. The wide variation in 

 the amount of butter fat carried by cream 

 has caused much jocular comment and some 

 serious discussion as to what is cream. 



While it is not feasible to indicate the 

 laws for the several states, the ruling of the 

 federal government as to what constitutes 

 purity in dairy products under the national 

 food and drug act may be accepted as a gen- 

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