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the low score of some of the creameries. Frosted grass is 

 very injurious to the flavor; it will take oft' three, four or 

 five points. 



Mr. Gray (of Ashficld). You call 15 perfect in color. 

 The butter that scored 97| you called 14| in color. I would 

 like to ask if it would improve the butter to put in artificial 

 coloring. 



Mr. Hareis. Mr. Gray is, I holieve, the man who made 

 that butter. I want to say that the family of Grays has 

 made delicious butter for years. I have bought their butter 

 and paid fifty cents a pound for it. 



I was one of the judges of Inittcr at the World's Fair ; and 

 the standard was established there that has been used, I think, 

 throughout the country of having June color as the standard 

 of color. It is an exceedingly difficult matter to have the 

 judging of the color of butter entirely satisfactory. There 

 are really no two samples exactly the same shade. I try to 

 carry in my mind a shade nearly up to June butter. Al- 

 though this butter was a little light colored, it would not 

 hurt it for sale, but I could not mark it as perfect color. 



Mr. Gray. My question was, would it improve the butter 

 to put in artificial coloring? 



Mr. Harris. I do not think you would get any more for 

 your butter. 



Mr. Gray. Would it improve the flavor? 



Mr. Harris. Not at all. 



Question. Is there any reason for believing that color- 

 ing will injure the flavor? 



Mr. Harris. I have seen butter in which the flavor has 

 been injured by coloring. The demand of the market should 

 control. Every man who has a customer should please that 

 customer, and not me. The man who pays the money is the 

 one you want to suit. 



Mr. . Thirty or forty years ago it was our plan 



to put up butter to please a certain firm, and we are keep- 

 ing about that for a standard. We have heard a great deal 

 about standards lately. I wish to know about the standard 

 in butter to-day. 



Mr. Harris. There is a great diflcrence in customers. 

 We have recently had quite a large and growing demand for 



