114 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



industry of the state. When you manufacture a poor grade of 

 cream into butter, thus forcing Illinois made butter to sell at 

 from 6 to 12 cents below the market, you are ruining the repu- 

 tation of the state ; you are driving people to use a substitute. 



It is not a difficult problem to make cream that will bring 

 you from 3 to 8 cents increased returns. You were told this 

 afternoon and yesterday that the profit of the dairy farmer is 

 that which he makes over and above the cost of maintaining his 

 business, and if you can reduce your cost 10%, it is a saving 

 and is all profit. Now, 3 cents is pretty close to the yearly aver- 

 age of 10% of the price of cream. Roughly speaking you 

 would gain 10%, which would be a net gain, if you will co-op- 

 erate in cream grading with the same success that we have had 

 Avhere it has been tried. 



The cream grading rules that the department got out, read 

 as follows : 



Rules and Regulations Promulgated by This Department Gov- 

 erning the Grading of Cream. 



EXTRA — Extra grade cream is sweet cream suitable for 

 table use and such as will not curdle in hot water, tea or coffee, 

 and free from all undesirable flavors. 



FIRST GRADE — First grade cream shall consist of cream 

 that is clean to the taste and smell, slightly sour, containing not 

 to exceed 6-10 of i per cent acid and not less than 25 per cent 

 butter fat, free from lumps, curds, dirt and all foreign matter. 



SECOND GRADE — Second gade cream is cream that i^. 

 too sour to grade as first grade, may have weedy or undesirable 

 flavors or odors. All other cream shall be deemed illegal. 



ILLEGAL CREAM — Illegal cream is cream that is very 

 old, rancid, moldy or curdy, that is filthy, dirty or decomposed 

 or is contaminated with a filthy, putrid, decomposed vegetable 

 or animal substance, that is separated with an unclean separator 

 or that is stored, handled or transported in unclean cans, or that 

 has been produced, handled, separated, stored or transported in 

 violation of the State Pure Food and Sanitary Laws. The sale, 

 purchase or manufacture of such cream for any human food 

 purpose is prohibited by the statutes. 



