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BULLETIN 456, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Score of butter or cheese to be 94 nine times out of twelve in 1 year. Score of 

 butter or cheese can never be below 93. Factory to score 90 or better. Sani- 

 tary machinery, piping, and equipment. Score of 94 for the butter made 15 

 days prior to application for license. Farm dairy to score 60 points or better 

 according to score card provided by dairy and food commission. Cows tested 

 for tuberculosis 6 months previous to issuing license and every 2 years there- 

 after. Cream to be pasteurized. Cream must be received sweet and test less 

 than 0.2 per cent acid. Use of neutralizers in cream not permitted. When a 

 license is granted a list of the patrons must be furnished the dairy and food 

 commissioner, with address of each, and statement that cows have been tested 

 for tuberculosis. Factory must report number of pounds of butter manufac- 

 tured each month. Brand is to be used only at factory. 



The' rules for grade B permit a lower score and the use of milk 

 and cream from cows which have not been tested for tuberculosis. 



The State of Iowa (Supplemental supplement, Code of Iowa, 1915, 

 section 2515-f) in adopting a State brand or trade-mark (see fig. 



17) for Iowa butter placed it 

 in charge of an executive com- 

 mittee of five members, consist- 

 ing of the president of the Iowa 

 State Dairy Association, the 

 president of the Iowa State 

 Buttermakers' Association, the 

 dean of the division of agricul- 

 ture of the Iowa State College 

 of Agriculture and Mechanic 

 Arts, the professor of dairying 

 of the same institution, and the 

 dairy and food commissioner of 

 the State of Iowa, who have 

 control of the use of the trade- 

 mark under such rules as may be considered necessary. The follow- 

 ing rules and regulations governing the use of the Iowa butter trade- 

 mark were issued in Bulletin No. 16 of the Iowa dairy and food 

 commission, December, 1915 : 



1. Butter sold under the trade-mark shall be manufactured in a creamery 

 which meets the requirements of the Iowa sanitary law. Such creameries 

 shall obtain a score of 85 or above, 100 being perfect, scored in accordance with 

 the Iowa State score card for creameries. 



2. The butter shall obtain a score on the quality of not less than 93 points. 

 100 being perfect, on 75 per cent or more of the scoring. A creamery obtain- 

 ing a score on butter below 92, or a creamery that has more than 25 per cenl 

 of its scoring below 93, shall forfeit its right to the use of such trade-mark 

 until such time as the creamery is again in a position to meet the necessary 

 requirements. 



3. All butter marked with the Iowa State mark shall comply with the Iowa 

 State standards and contain not less than 80 per cent of butter fat. and shall 

 contain less than 16 per cent of moisture. No preservative, neutralize!-, or 



Fig. 17. — Trade-mark for Iowa State Brand 

 Butter. 



