3/8 BACKING 



Friday, the Low, the Simpson, the Miller printers, and others. 

 For cutting tub butter a machine that utilizes all the culls is most 

 practical. For this purpose the American Butter Cutter is used 

 very generally. 



When printers of the type of the Friday printers are used, 

 it is advisable to line the boxes with parchment before packing. 

 This keeps the surface of the butter cleaner, it protects it against 

 the injurious effect of contact with the iron parts of the cubes, 

 it minimizes the amount of scraps that have to be disposed v of at 

 a loss. It is desirable also to cover each Friday cube, after 

 packing, with a properly fitting cover. 



Pigf. 75. C. P. Miller Hydraulic Cutter for Frozen or Otherwise 



Very Firm Butter 

 Courtesy L. C. Sharp Mfg. Co. 



The cutting of the butter should be done with clean taut 

 wires, free from rust. Piano steel wire is used for this purpose. 

 For the good of the flavor of the prints, tinned wire only should 

 be used. Any butter adhering to the bare steel wire soon causes 

 it to rust and the action on the metal gives the butter a very 

 disagreeable, puckery, metallic flavor. 



The mechanical operation of the butter printer should be 

 performed in such a manner as to insure prints with square 

 corners and straight, sharp edges. The handling of the prints 

 should not be done with bare hands. It can readily be done 

 with ladles or sticks. The operator who cuts the butter and 

 places it on the wrapping table, and the person who puts the 

 first wrapper around the print, should wear clean gloves, prefer- 

 ably freshly laundered, white cotton gloves. The printing should 

 be done in a clean, cool room, screened from flies, and properly 

 ventilated. 



