Photograph and copyright by Underwood & Underwood 

 PACKING BUTTER IN TUBS FOR CITY MARKETS 



There is probably no other commodity in the American market basket that needs regu- 

 lation today more than butter. The butterfat furnished to creameries comes from nearly 

 half a million farms, and a given pound of butter may contain butterfat from a score or 

 more of farmers' dairies. The tuberculosis germ finds butter a fine vehicle in which to travel 

 long distances in quest of some run-down system to attack. 



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