206 THE BOOK OF BUTTER 



Both are made of corrugated paper. Inside of the one 

 on the left of the figure there is a light tin box in which 

 the prints may be placed after they are wrapped in parch- 

 ment paper. In the other type, which is shown on the 

 right of the figure, the prints should be wrapped in parch- 

 ment and placed in a carton before they are ready to put 

 into the box. These boxes are made in various sizes 

 ranging from two to fifty pounds capacity. However, 

 the larger sizes are too heavy for parcel post. The usual 

 quantities of butter that are shipped by parcel post vary 

 from two to ten pounds. 



SHIPPING BUTTER 



161. By railroad. — In the butter districts of this 

 country, a regular scheduled refrigerator dairy freight 

 service is operated by the railroads or fast refrigerator 

 companies. The butter is collected from creameries 

 along the line in iced cars by " pick up " service. At 

 junction points entire carloads are made up. The 

 larger creameries usually ship a carload at a time. In 

 the regions where not much butter is made, the express 

 service is the main method of transportation. It is 

 sometimes advisable to express to a junction on a rail- 

 road through which a refrigerator car passes. Arrange- 

 ments may be made with the refrigerator car company 

 to advance the local express charges, to be collected with 

 the freight charges at the destination. This method 

 of shipping costs less than the through express and 

 has the added advantage of refrigeration the larger part 

 of the way. It should be mentioned that it is the com- 

 mon custom for the butter-dealer to pay the transpor- 

 tation and to deduct the amount from the returns for 

 the goods. 



