PACKING BUTTER 



369 



Paraffined tubs 

 Pounds of butter 

 757y 4 

 756 



Unparaffined tubs 

 Pounds of butter 



759 



When packed 

 8 days later 

 Shrinkage 



When paraffine of the proper temperature is used, from two 

 to three ounces are required per tub. The labor cost of paraffin- 

 ing is no greater than that of preparing a saturated brine solution. 



Tig. 72. Tub Parafflner 



Courtesy Creamery Package Mfg. Co. 



It is advisable to paraffine tubs and to clean covers as 

 shortly before they are needed as the routine of the factory 

 permits, and to stack them, inverted, in a clean place, so as to 

 prevent unnecessary soiling and recontamination. 



Paraffined tubs should always be lined with parchment liners 

 and circles, the same as the tubs prepared in the ordinary way. 

 Unlined paraffined tubs strip with difficulty, the butter sticks to 

 the comparatively rough surface of the paraffine. This is a 

 serious objection at the market end. 



Preparation of Parchment Liners and Circles. The best 

 quality of parchment liners only should be purchased. Inferior 

 parchment invites excessive leakage of moisture and may injure 

 the flavor of the butter. In the summer season, when the 

 butter is often exposed to temperature conditions that cause it 

 to-be soft and therefore to yield readily to the knocks to which 

 the tub is subjected in transit, there is always a tendency for 



