MARKETING CREAMERY BUTTER, 19 
Color. — Must be uniform, neither too light nor too high. 
Salt. — Well dissolved, thoroughly worked in, not too high nor too light. 
Package. — Good and sound as required in classification. 
Extra firsts. — Shall be a grade of butter scoring 91 points or higher. 
Flavor. — Must be fresh, . clean, and sweet, and fairly clean if held ; all 
other requirements same as extras. 
Firsts. — Shall be a grade of butter scoring 87 points or higher. 
Flavor. — May he faulty but must be fairly good. 
Body. — Fairly good grain and texture. 
Color. — Fairly uniform. 
Salt. — Not unreasonably high or light 
Package. — Good and sound as required in classification. 
Seconds. — Shall be a grade of butter scoring 80 points or higher. 
Flavor. — May be unclean. 
Body. — Must be fairly smooth boring. 
Color. — May be irregular or mottled. 
Salt. — May be irregular, high, light, or uneven. 
Package. — Same as required iii firsts. 
TMrds. — Shall be a grade of butter scoring 75 points or higher. 
Flavor. — May be off, old, or strong tops and sides. 
Body. — May not be smooth boring. 
Color. — Mixed or streaked. 
Salt. — Irregular. 
Package. — Miscellaneous. 
Packages to be used. — Creamery tubs, hardwood, about 60 pounds (for 
extras shall be standard white ash with wood hoops). All other style of 
package must be specified. 
GRADES OF CREAMERY BUTTER ESTABLISHED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO WHOLE- 
SALE DAIRY PRODUCE EXCHANGE FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO MARKET. 
(The grade is not determined by the score alone.) 
Extras. — Extras shall consist of the highest grade of butter. 
Score. — Score shall average 93 points or higher for creamery or dairy ; 
90 per cent shall be up to the following standard, the balance shall not 
grade below " firsts." 
Flavor. — Flavor must be quick, fine, fresh, and clean, if of fresh make, 
and good, sweet, and clean if storage stock. 
Body. — The body must be firm and solid with perfect grain or texture,, 
free from salviness. 
Color. — Color must be uniform, neither too light nor too high ; good 
straw-color standard. 
Salt. — Salt must be thoroughly dissolved ; not too high or too light 
salted. 
Package. — Packages must be good, uniform, sound, and clean, and free 
from labels, brands, or stencil marks. 
All fresh California butter, either squares or solid packed, grading 
" extras," to grade as such and be a good delivery when sold under the 
spot call, and in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, shall be 
packed, when in squares, in new, white wood 60-pound cases, parchment 
lined ; and when solid packed, shall be packed in cubes, whose inside 
dimensions shall be 121 by 12£ by 13* inches, parchment lined, and the 
cubes shall weigh not less than 63 pounds nor more than 68 pounds net 
weight. 
