PACKING BUTTER 381 



The wrapped print is slipped into a carton. If the carton 

 is the final enclosure, it is usually of high quality stock, paraf- 

 fined, and bears the name and trade mark of the creamery. 

 Creameries placing a special wrapper on the outside of the 

 carton, generally use a cheaper grade, plain carton, and have 

 their name and trade mark placed on this outside wrapper. 

 Occasionally also printed matter with information for the con- 

 sumer concerning the quality of the butter, also premium labels, 

 etc., are slipped into the carton. 



Packing in Boxes. The prints, wrapped and placed in 

 cartons, are packed into wooden or fibre boxes, usually holding 

 from 10 to 50 one pound prints. Some of the larger creameries 

 have their name and trade mark stencilled or burnt onto the 

 ends of the box. This adds to the attractiveness of the package 

 and advertises the brand. Of recent years, carton or fibre boxes 

 have come into extensive use for packing and shipping prints. 



The chief virtue of the fibre boxes lies in their relative 

 cheapness, averaging at least five cents less per box. They are 

 used to good advantage for local shipments of print butter and 

 especially during the cold season. For long distance shipments 

 of print butter and particularly during the hot summer season, 

 corrugated fibre boxes and similar paper boxes are less suitable. 

 Under these conditions the boxes often become soaked with the 

 brine of the butter and thus suffer seriously in transit. The 

 reason for this is that corrugated fibre boxes are not as rigid 

 as wooden boxes; in summer, due to the heat, the butter is soft 

 and the rough handling to which these boxes are subjected, 

 causes this soft butter to become mutilated ; this in turn results 

 in the expulsion of a portion of the brine of the butter, which 

 soaks through the carton of these boxes. Grocery stores often 

 also object to the fibre boxes, because these boxes are not as 

 serviceable and convenient to use in the store and on the delivery 

 wagon as wooden boxes. 



Most of the wooden boxes for print butter are made of 

 poplar, hemlock or spruce. The majority of these are bought 

 in the knock-down shape and . are made up in the creamery. 

 Four-penny cement-coated wire nails are best suited for assem- 

 bling the sides, ends, bottom and top. The most perfect boxes 



