UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 456 



Contribution from the Office of Markets and Rural Organization 

 CHARLES J. BRAND, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



February 5, 1917 



MARKETING CREAMERY BUTTER 



By 



ROY C. POTTS, Specialist in Marketing Dairy Products, and 

 H. F. MEYER, Assistant in Marketing Dairy Products 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Uniform Quality of Butter an Important 



Market Requirement 2 



Packages for Bulk Butter 3 



Preparing Packages for Bulk Butter . . 5 



Consumers' Packages „ . 8 



Transportation Facilities for Butter . . 13 



Wholesale Trade Organizations ... 16 



Market Grades of Creamery Butter „ . 17 



Market Inspection of Creamery Butter . 20 



Butter Quotations 21 



Market Distribution of Creamery Butter 26 



Cold-Storage Methods and Facilities . . 23 



Brands and Trade-Marks for Butter . . 31 



Advertising and Salesmanship .... 35 



Summary 36 



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1917 



