CHAPTER XVIII. 



PACKING AND MARKETING BUTTER. 



Kind of Package to Use. — For creamery purposes the 60- 

 pound ash tubs are customarily used. The package, of course, 

 varies according to different markets. In case that butter is 

 made on a small scale, such as on the farm, earthen crocks gi^•e 

 good satisfaction. There is no other package that gi\'es so 

 good results as the earthen jars, when viewed from a stand- 

 point of good keeping quality of the butter. The objec- 

 tion to earthen jars or crocks is that they are heavy and easily 

 broken during transportation. It is undoubtedly on this 

 account that earthenware is not used more for the packing of 

 butter. 



There are two kinds of tubs chiefly used in creameries, viz., 

 the ash tub, and the spruce tubs. These tubs are made in 

 different sizes, 10-lb., 20-lb., 30-lb., and 60-lb. The 60-lb. 

 ash tub is used nearly altogether in creameries that pack butter 

 on a large scale. When smaller amounts of butter are being 

 packed, usually the smaller spruce tubs are employed. Square 

 boxes are used also to some extent. They are used more in 

 some of the Eastern States, but very little in the West and 

 Central West. 



During the fall and winter when the milk-supply is rather 

 low, many creameries print all the butter. Most of the com- 

 mission firms will pay about a cent more per pound for butter 

 when it is put up in pound prints and wrapped neatly in parch- 

 ment paper. The wrapper should bear the name of the manu- 

 facturer or the name of the creamery. If the quality of the 



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