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stamped below the upper hoops and if eight ounces are allowed 

 for overweight and if the net weight is 62 pounds and 8 ounces, 

 then it is stamped 62 pounds. It is advisable to have all tubs 

 contain the same amount of butter by weight, as by that system 

 the work of taking inventories is facilitated. 



II. Print Butter. Butter prints should be perfect and 

 square in form; butter should not be printed when it is in such a 

 soft condition that the corners of the prints will be rounded. 

 Holes due to imperfect packing should be filled, as their pres- 

 ence does not merely advertise poor workmanship, but will also 

 lessen the keeping qualities of the butter. The usual size of the 

 prints are, one-pound size, 45/8X2 1/2 X 21/2; half pound 

 size, 45/8X21/2X11/4. There are various other sizes, but 

 those mentioned are the most common. 



When printing butter it is advisable to weigh each print be- 

 fore it is wrapped, as the butter printer, regardless of how care- 

 fully it is adjusted, will not print all of the prints the same size, 

 as the weight of the print depends on the condition of the butter 

 both as to body and packing as well as on the adjustment of the 

 butter printer. If a butter print is too small a sufficient amount 

 of butter should be added to the print before it is wrapped. If 

 a print is too heavy the overweight should be removed with a 

 sharp paddle. Scales used for that purpose should be sensitive 

 to ten grains. When starting to print a churning of butter the 

 printer may need readjustment. The empty box for the prints 

 with liners should be weighed and the weight marked with 

 small figures on the box. The weight of the butter wrappers 

 should be known; the weight of the prints without wrappers for 

 a fifty-pound box should be a trifle over fifty pounds ; four 

 ounces are considered to be sufficient overweight on a fifty- 

 pound box of print butter. Suppose the weight of the box with 

 liners is five pounds, the butter wrappers five ounces, then the 

 gross weight of the butter should be 5+ 5/16+ 50 1/4 =55 9/16 

 pounds. 



i. The Single Mold. This is the oldest form of printer 

 known. The disadvantage of this method of printing lies 

 primarily in the imperfect shape of the print, the greater loss of 



