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ities of butter; but there docs not appear to be any advantage 

 to be gained from heavy salting. We submit the following short 

 tables in support of this view, the first made up from investiga- 

 tions by McKay and Larsen at the Iowa Station and the second 

 from investigations by Gray of the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture (Butter scored by McKay) : 



Num- 

 ber 



Some 



Scores 



Per Gen 



of 

 Salt 



Avera 

 Light 



Salt 

 HeasT 



Salt 



individu 

 j 1 .02 

 I 3.20 

 1 . 10 

 2.87 

 2.00 

 3,16 



1-52 



1 3.28 



ge of all 



Before 

 Storing 



al lots: 



88 



89 



91 



91 



9ii 



89 2- 



91 i 



89 

 Lots in t f 



I .64 I 91 . 7 



3-44 



91. 2 



F. Stored at -Hio° F. I Stored at -|- 32° F. 



Five I Eight 

 Months I Months 

 i 



92i 

 89I 



9^ 

 90 

 89 



90 

 9o5 



87 i 



91. 70 



90- IS 



90 

 80 

 91.1 



87 



So 



8Si 



88 



85 



90.6 

 89.0 



Fi\'e 

 Months 



90 



85 

 89 

 88 

 91 

 89 

 88 

 85 



90-3 

 89.0 



Eight 



Months 



86 

 84 

 88 



87 

 88 

 84 

 82 

 80 



87.8 

 85.0 



