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packed, such as five pound crocks, gem fibre paper boxes 

 lined with parchment and holding 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 

 pounds, and the wooden bail boxes holding from 5 to 10 

 pounds. Most of these packages are used for local trade. 



Fig. 33. Butter printer. 



Foreign Trade Packages. For export trade butter is 

 preferably packed in cubical spruce boxes lined with 

 paraffin and holding 56 pounds. These boxes are pre- 

 pared by rinsing them with cold brine and then lining 

 with double thickness of parchment paper which has been 

 soaked in strong brine. The boxes are now weighed and 

 carefully packed, after which they are trimmed down to 

 a weight of 57 pounds, which allows one pound for 

 shrinkage. Finish the packing by placing a double thick- 



