372 
United States and State standards for dairy 'products , 1905 — Continued. 
States. 
Milk. 
Skim 
milk. 
Cream. 
Butter. 
Cheese. 
Total 
solids. 
Solids, 
not fat. 
Fat. 
Total 
solids. 
Fat. - 
Fat. 
Fat. 
Per cent. 
Per ct. 
Per ct. 
Per ct. 
Per ct. 
Per cent. 
Full cream, from 3 p. c. 
milk fat; skim, from 
milk less than 3 p. c. fat. 
11.5 
3 
15 
3 
15 
13 
9.5 
9 
April-September — 
12 
3 
12 
12 
3 
Skim, from skim milk. 
Full cream, 50 p. c. total 
solids to be fat; skim, 
from skim milk; cream 
cheese, milk 6 p. c. 
minimum fat. 
Skim, from skim milk. 
Full cream, 30 p. c. fat; 
skim, less than 30 p. c. 
fat. 
Full cream, 30 p. c. fat; 
12 
8.5 
3. 25 
18 
82.5 
12 
3 
15 
12 
3 
SO 
11.5 
12 
9 
3 
9 
20 
Not over 
Pennsylvania 
12 
3 
Sp.grav. 
1. 038 
8 
14 p. c. 
water. 
half skim, 15 to 30 p. c.; 
quarter skim, to 15 
p. c.; skim, less than 7| 
p. c. Fancy excepted. 
Full cream, 32 p. c. fat; 
three-fourths cream, 24 
p.c. fat ; one-half cream, 
16 p. c. fat; one-fourth 
cream, 8 p. c. fat; skim, 
below 8 p.c.fat. Fancy, 
less than 5 pounds, ex- 
cepted. 
Full cream, 30 p. c. fat; 
one-half skim, 15 p. c. 
fat; skim, 10 p. c. 
Porto Rico 
12 
3 
80 
Rhode Island. . . 
12 
2.5 
Maxi- 
mum 
water, 16 
p.c.; salt, 
6 p. c. 
South Carolina 
8.5 
3 
South Dakota 
13 
3 
18 
82.5 
Full cream, 50 p. c. of the 
total solids to be fat; 
skim, fat less than 
50 p. c. 
Skim, 7 to 11 inches in 
Utah 
12.5 
3 
9 p. c. 
solids, 
not fat. 
20 
83 
Vermont.. .' 
12.5 
9.25 
diameter; mini mum 
height, 9 inches. 
/ 
May and June 
12 
Washington. . . . 
8 
3 
18 
Full cream, 30 p. c. fat; 
skim, 15 p. c. fat. Fancy 
excepted. 
Skim, 10 inches in diam- 
Wisconsin 
3 
Wyoming & 
12 
2.4 
80 
eter, 9 inches height. 
Skim, less than 20 p.c.fat. 
May and J une 
11.5 


a In New Y ork, Ohio, and Wyoming the milk solids of condensed milk must be in quantity the equiva- 
lent of 12 per cent of milk solids in crude milk, of which solids 2.5 per cent shall be fat. 
& Condensed milk must contain 28 per cent milk solids and 7 per cent fat. 
At the Eleventh Annual Convention of the Association of State 
and National Food and Dairy Departments, held at Jamestown, 
July 15-19, 1907, Mr. P. M. Harwood (1), general agent Massachu- 
setts dairy bureau, read a paper entitled “Has the milk standard 
outlived its usefulness?” He called attention to the fact that on 
account of the rigid requirements regarding the composition of milk 
offered for sale in the State of Massachusetts a good many milk pro- 
ducers are being gradually driven from the business for the reason 
