216 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



detailed report of the inspectors' inspecting creameries for the 

 previous week which was the week of April 24 to 29, and of the 

 32 creameries inspected that week, the average score from a 

 sanitary standpoint was 76.9%." 



He criticized severely their score cards of the dairy 

 division and said no man was competent to reflect 

 back to his superiors or to anybody else the condi- 

 tion of creameries with a score card of that kind. For in- 

 stance, a man was scored off just as much if the sidewalk out- 

 side of his creamery was dirty (even though there was a door 

 mat at the door and a sign to wipe your feet, and it was com- 

 plied with) as he was if he had a dirty, unsanitary pump, or 

 pipes ,or churn. He called their attention to the fact that the 

 Illinois score card was based on major criticisms given more 

 weight than minor criticisms. That a creamery scoring 90 and 

 over was rated excellent ; 80 and up to 90, good ; 70 and up to 80, 

 fair; 60 and up to 70, poor, and under 60, bad. That if an in- 

 spector found a creamery scoring under 70, in the class of poor, 

 instructions were given to the owner or operator what he should 

 do to correct conditions, and time limit set depending upon the 

 character of the correction ; that the inspector returned after the 

 time limit and if the creamery had corrected conditions, putting 

 itself into class of fair or 70, or better, all right; if not, they 

 were recommended for prosecution. That a creamery that scored 

 under 60, in the class of bad, the inspector staid right on the 

 ground, and gave instructions that would get them up into the 

 grade of 70 and did not leave until they had corrected conditions 

 to such an extent. H they didn't show a willingness to comply, 

 the product was tagged as suspected, and they were recommend- 

 ed for immediate prosecution. And that, as I said before, the 

 results of the previous week's inspection shows the average con- 

 dition to be close to good, as it was 76.9%, one creamery only 

 scoring bad or below 60. 



"Contrast this actual inspection with the results found by 

 the department in 191 2," said Mr. Newman. ''They admitted, 

 and I will admit also, that some correction has taken place since 

 191 2, but as the report of 191 2 was pubhshed without any state- 

 ment that there was a correction by this time, and when they 



