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Packing of Butter for South Wales. [feb., 



ence of opinion. On occasions when there is an appreciable 

 breeze, saturation of the ground is probably harmful, as it 

 would promote increased evaporation, and so lead to cooling, 

 while the protecting mist would be dispersed by the breeze 

 as rapidly as it was formed. 



Vegetation suffers most when the plants are rapidly warmed 

 by the sun after being exposed to frost, so that protection 

 is useful in the early morning when the sun is rising. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries desire to call the 

 attention of farmers and others supplying butter to the 

 markets of South Wales to the follow- 

 The Packing of in S resolutions as to the packing of 

 Butter for the butter which have been generally 

 South Wales adopted by the Grocers' Associations of 



South Wales principally concerned in 

 the trade in farmers' butter. 



1. That the present practice of packing Welsh butter in 

 old boxes of various shapes and sizes prevents Welsh butter 

 from obtaining the price in the markets of South Wales to 

 which it is otherwise entitled, and is detrimental to the interests 

 of makers of, and also of those who deal in, Welsh butter. 



2. That the members of the Grocers' Associations of South 

 Wales should require Welsh butter, purchased by them, to 

 be packed as follows : — 



3. All butter consigned to grocers and provision dealers in 

 South Wales and Monmouthshire by Welsh farmers should 

 be sent only in tubs or casks of the traditional shape. 



4. No butter should be consigned in a tub or cask used 

 previously for any purpose whatever. 



5. The tubs or casks should be of 40, 50 and 70 lb. 

 capacity, the wood being well-seasoned white wood, planed 

 smooth, free from knots and all defects and from odour and 

 resin, the edges being either planed or cut with a fine saw. 



6. The staves should be about 7/16 in. thick, and each 

 tub should be bound with three galvanised iron hoops or rods, 

 which are recommended as being practically proof against 

 rust caused by brine. 



