no Condensed Milk and Milk Powder 



They first pass over the paste box, which contains an automatically 

 revolving wheel covered with a thick layer of felt. The felt is sat- 

 urated with paste or glue from the paste box. Each can comes in 

 contact with the paste wheel and receives a touch of paste. Then 

 the cans pass over the label box containing a stack of labels, face 

 down. Each can picks up one label which is automatically wrapped 

 around the can as it runs through the machine. The label box is 

 equipped with an automatic feeder which pushes the labels up as 

 fast as they are being used. The labeled cans leave the machine 

 over a chute which slants from it. As they are removed they are 

 packed directly into cases. 



Wrinkles and Rust Spots on Labels. — The attractiveness of 

 the package depends, largely, on the neatness of the label. The 

 use of too thin, too thick, or too much paste causes the labels to 

 wrinkle on the cans. The paste should have the consistency of 

 heavy dough and the paste wheel should be so adjusted that it barely 

 touches the passing cans. 



Frequently the labels of the cans show stains and spots. This 

 is especially true in the case of old goods, and is due either to a 

 poor quality of paper, the use of sour paste or the storing of the 

 labeled goods in damp places. Sour paste corrodes the cans and 

 causes them to rust. The rust penetrates the label and spoils the 

 appearance of the package. Trouble of this kind can be avoided 

 by preparing fresh paste every day. Paste saved from the previous 

 day is prone to sour and should not be used. The storing of the 

 labeled goods in damp places also often causes rust spots as well as 

 moulds on the labels. Thin and soft paper labels more easily than 

 thick, stiff and glossy paper. In the latest types of labeling machines 

 the use of ordinary paste has been largely superseded by that of 

 specially prepared glue, which removes most of the 'objectionable 

 features of the ordinary paste, does not damage the label and makes 

 a neater package. 



PACKING 



The labeled cans are packed in cases holding from six to ninety- 

 six cans, according to the size of the cans. (One case holds six 

 i-gallon cans; forty-eight 14-, 15-, 16-, and 20-ounce cans; or 

 seventy- two to ninety-six 8-ounce cans). 



