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age well adapted to delivering milk to the retail trade. During 

 the past few years several new packages have appeared on the 

 market and attracted more or less attention. Some of the 

 packages have been constructed entirely of paper and some of 

 paper and tin. In many cases packages of this class are very 

 useful for grocery and market men who retail molasses, vinegar, 

 kerosene, oysters, etc. In a limited way they are also well 

 adapted for distributing hot coffee or milk to city laborers who 

 are dependent on lunch rooms and restaurants for food sup- 

 plies. In a small way such packages are useful in retailing 

 milk over the counter of the city milk plant, but experience has 

 taught dairymen who have tried to use such packages in their 

 regular retail wagon business that they are usually unsatis- 

 factory in several important respects. As yet we have found 

 no package that for attractivenesss and general desirability can 

 compare with the common glass milk bottle. A retail package 

 for milk should be free from metal or rubber parts. It should 

 be so constructed as to enable rapid and thorough cleaning. 

 The sterilizing of bottles used in the retail trade is particularly 

 desirable and is not difficult to accomplish. For a long time 

 it has been considered a bad practice to place "New wine in old 

 bottles." In this day and generation we should be particularly 

 careful not to place clean, new milk in bottles that are in any 

 way unattractive or unclean. We must at first please the con- 

 sumer's eye by showing him a clean, attractive package, entirely 

 free from sediment or foreign matter. The milk must be well 

 protected by a tight-fitting bottle cap. If a little boiling-hot 

 paraffine is poured on the top of the cap after it is in place it 

 enters into every little crack and opening and effectually seals the 

 bottle making it practically air tight. The paraffine also pro- 

 tects the cap and the milk as well, from the hands of the dairy- 

 man and from dust, rain, or mud. Another thing that helps to 

 protect the cap and also the milk is a parchment paper covering 

 for the top of the bottle. A paper covering is less expensive 

 than metal and answers practically every purpose. Such a 

 covering may be used either with or without the paraffine above 

 mentioned. It affords additional protection to the milk and is 

 especially desirable when bottles of milk are to be packed in 

 crushed ice for shipment or for delivery. 



