MARKETING CREAMERY BUTTER, 



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5-pound rectangular box, 5-pound round box (wooden or fiber), 

 and 10-pound tub. (See fig. 11.) This lack of uniformity means 

 additional labor and expense for creameries when preparing butter 

 for market. An effort is being made by the Vermont creameries to 

 standardize the consumers' packages used in that State. 



The customary consumers' packages on the Pacific coast are the 

 1 and 2-pound flat prints. The United States Navy in its contract 

 for butter requires that a part of its supply be put up by the cream- 

 eries in 5-pound sealed tins. (Fig. 12.) Butter for export to the 

 Tropics usually is packed in similar tins, with the weights based 

 on the metric system, and ranging from approximately one-half to 

 25-pound packages. 



Fig. 11. — Tub butter is often repacked into smaller containers. The 5-pound wooden 

 box is used as a consumer's package to some extent. The process is expensive as com- 

 pared with cartoned prints. 



SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR BUTTER. 



Fiber board, corrugated board, and wooden boxes are used as ship- 

 ping containers for print butter. For city distribution, the fiber 

 board boxes are used quite generally. When rehandling in transit 

 is necessary or greater protection during the summer season is 

 required, the wooden boxes often are preferred. 



TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES FOR BUTTER. 



In some sections the great bulk of the butter is shipped to the 

 market by refrigerator freight. Throughout the dairy sections of the 

 Middle West a regular scheduled refrigerator dairy freight service is 



