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THE BOOK OF BUTTER 



pound for actual slirinkage and difference in weight on 

 each sixty-pound tub. Fig. 58 shows how the butter may 

 be scraped oft' with a thin wooden strip when weighing a 

 certain amount in eacli tub. 



THE MAIN MARKETS OF THE UNITED STATES 



155. Leading markets. — The largest butter market 

 in the United States is Chicago, it being near the region 



of the greatest production. 

 A large part of the butter 

 of the Chicago market is 

 shipped to other points. 

 New York City has ne.xt to 

 the largest market in this 

 country, and more butter is 

 consumed there than in any 

 other city. The Boston 

 and Philadelphia prices, as 

 well as those of many of the 

 smaller cities of the East, 

 follow the New York prices 

 fairly closely. The other 

 main markets of America 

 are in Cincinnati, San PVan- 

 cisco, and Portland. 



156. Elgin market. — At one time the Elgin market 

 of Elgin, Illinois, located in the greatest butter territory 

 of the United States, was the chief. In fact it had 

 such a reputation that little creameries in many states 

 contrived to fit the word " Elgin " into their corporate 

 names. The Elgin Board meets only once a week and 

 only a few packages arc sold each time. However, be- 

 cause of its past rcj)utation, the Elgin quotations are 



Fig. 58. — Weighing ii uniform 

 amount of butter in each tub. 

 Sixty-two pounds is tlio custom- 

 ary weight. 



