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are cut from the sides of the packages. In 1904, R. F. 

 Stewart, now of the American Butter Cutting Machine 

 Company, Elmsford, New York, placed a machine on 

 the market that 

 is better suited 

 for handling hard 

 butter on a large 

 scale. This cut- 

 ter, which is seen 

 in Fig. 52, is 

 the most used 

 in the warehouses 

 of any printer. 

 Many other 

 printers are used. 

 Among thes.e 

 are : Reid's Self- 

 Gauging Butter 

 Printer, Elgin 

 Butter Cutter, 

 The Wizard But- 

 ter Printer, Low 

 Butter Cutter, 

 Simpson Jumbo 

 Butter Mould and 

 Cutter. 



Proper weight. 

 Cutting or 



'IT i FIG. 51. Friday butter-cutter. 



molding butter 



into bricks of uniform weight is one of the greatest problems 

 of printing. Many creameries have either willfully or 

 carelessly placed a product on the market that was under 

 weight. It became necessary for many states to pass reg- 



