HANDLING OF BUTTElt AFTER CHURNING, ni 



Treating Butter Tubs or Boxes for Mould. 

 150, Frequently great losses to creameries have 

 been incurred by the moulding of butter tubs and 

 boxes shortly after the shipments of butter have 

 reached the commission house. Instances are known 

 where the mould grew on both the liner and the tub 

 and penetrated into the outside parts of the butter. 

 In order to avoid the loss and inconvenience occa- 

 sioned by the development of mould, paraffining as 

 a remedy was suggested and tried with very good 

 results. There are several other simple and inex- 

 pensive remedies which, when properly applied, 

 give very good results. For instance the following : 



1. Tighten all hoops, scrub the tubs with a stiif 

 brush and hot water, turn over a steam jet and heat 

 quite hot. Now fill the tubs with clean well water 

 and soak until the tub and cover weigh eleven 

 pounds. When ready to pack the butter, sprinkle 

 salt with a sieve all over the inside of the tub. Have 

 the liners soaked in brine, line the tubs and again 

 sprinkle salt all over the liner and bottom circle. 

 The tub is now ready for packing the butter. 



2. Another method is that of soaking the tubs 

 in a brine solution. Have a tank made of a size 

 large enough to hold the number of tubs required 

 for one day's make in the flush of the season and 

 fill this tank with either a strong salt solution or a 

 formaldehyde solution. Place the tubs in this tank 

 and soak them until tub and cover together weigh 

 eleven pounds. When tubs are treated in this way 

 no salt need be sprinkled on either the tub or the 

 liner, but liners and circles should always be soaked 



