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BULLETIN 456, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



pressions and holes in the butter caused by wrinkled liners and care- 

 less packing seriously injure the appearance of the butter, which 

 should be neat and attractive to please the consumer. 



BRANDING TUBS AND CUBES. 



Butter shipped interstate in package form is required by Federal 

 law to be branded with its net weight. Some States and cities require 



Fig. 3. — Tub butter which was poorly packed. The holes or pockets expose more surface, 

 thus permitting greater shrinkage and development of mold. 



the net weight to be branded upon consumers' packages. The brand- 

 ing of the tub and cube with the gross weight, net weight, and tare 

 greatly facilitates the handling of bulk butter on the market. In the 

 market inspection of a shipment of butter consisting of different 

 churnings it would be convenient to have the number of the churning 

 placed on each tub. The name or stencil number of the creamery and 



