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The shipping tag on each package should carry the necessary rout- 

 ing instructions so that those handling the shipment may be fully in- 

 formed of the service desired. 



The advantages of this arrangement are twofold : First, movement 

 of the product under refrigeration over a greater part of the route is 

 obtained ; second, the transportation costs are often less for the com- 

 bined express and freight services than the regular through express 

 charges. 



REFRIGERATION SERVICE FOR BUTTER ON THE GREAT LAKES. 



Inland waterway service has not been generally used for butter 

 transportation. During the past two years, with three boats on the 

 Great Lakes equipped with refrigerator compartments, a consider- 

 able quantity of butter was shipped by boat from Duluth, Minn., 

 to Buffalo, N. Y., where much of it was reshipped by rail to eastern 

 markets. This service has been generally satisfactory to those who 

 have used it, and a saving in freight costs of approximately one- 

 quarter cent per pound has been obtained, 



OCEAN AND COASTWISE TRANSPORTATION. 



Facilities for ocean and coastwise transportation of butter under 

 refrigeration have been established to some extent. A large portion 

 of the butter in coastwise trade is carried without refrigeration. This 

 is true on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts where the time between 

 points is 48 hours or less. Some of the steamers have small refriger- 

 ator rooms which are used for butter as well as for milk, cheese, 

 and other perishable products. With the development of trade 

 through the Panama Canal, steamers sailing from the ports of the 

 Pacific coast probably will be equipped with refrigeration so as to 

 handle butter, as there is an increasing surplus on the Pacific coast 

 for which markets may be obtained in the eastern and southeastern 

 parts of the United States or in export trade. 



COOPERATIVE CAR-LOT SHIPPING. 



In various sections of the United States country creameries have 

 cooperated in obtaining a special scheduled " pick-up " refrigerator- 

 car service, and in concentrating local shipments into carload lots. 

 By this means freight charges have been less and the butter has 

 reached the market in better condition. When a number of cream- 

 eries are located on the same railroad or in close proximity to each 

 other, cooperative car-lot marketing may be a great advantage. 



