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THE BOOK OF BUTTER 



were designed. Soon the call came for machines that 

 would print faster. The first of these larger machines 

 was the " Acme and Lusted " which was used to print 

 the soft butter from the churn. (See Fig. 50.) The 

 Friday, which was the first hard butter-cutter, was in- 

 vented in 1902 or 1903. (See Fig. 51.) About the same 

 time the Gehl printer was invented. A year or two later 

 the Challenge came on the market. In the operation of 

 these three printers, the butter is packed in boxes which 



FIG. 50. Acme and Lusted printer. Single pound block printers are 

 on the shelf at the right. 



are held in the refrigerator until the butter is hard. Then 

 it is forced from the box, or the box is pulled from it, 

 depending on which machine is used. The method of 

 cutting the butter, as seen in Fig. 51, is the same in all 

 three machines. These types of printers give good results 

 when the butter is printed in creameries. However, when 

 the tub attachment is employed in the wholesale ware- 

 houses, the results are not altogether satisfactory. The 

 tub is not the proper shape from which to cut butter, 

 for there are many small pieces of irregular shape that 



