36 DAIRYING 



to weigh a few prints at every churning as this insures full 

 weight and it also prevents losses from overweight which may 

 amount to considerable money in a year. 



Each print or brick of butter should be wrapped in parch- 

 ment paper which can be bought of the right size and on which 

 the trade mark of the maker' as well as his name may be printed. 



450. A paraffined paper carton or wrapper for each print 

 of butter is now used a good deal as this protects the butter in 

 handling, especially in delivery from house to house. It is custom- 



Plate 12 Butter Package tor 1 Pound Bricks 



ary to have the maker's name printed on this carton and also a 

 sentence or two concerning the best way to keep the butter after 

 it is delivered to the customer, such as the following: 



451. To preserve the fine qualities of this butter which is 

 fresh from the churn keep it cool and keep it away from fruits, 

 vegetables, cooked meats or other materials having odors. The 

 quality of butter is often spoiled in the house refrigerators after 

 leaving the dairy or creamery where it is made. 



452. A favorite way of shipping print butter to customers 

 buying a certain amount each week is to pack 2, 4 or 6 or more 

 of the prints in a wooden box. These boxes may be "knocked 

 down," of any size desired and when nailed together will exactly 

 fit the number of prints each customer wants. This makes a 

 convenient package for shipping by express or by parcels post. 



453. In order to be up to the times some sort of a package 

 should always be used as the old way of molding butter into 

 cakes, balls or rolls of varying sizes is now out' of date. The 



