MARKETING CREAMERY BUTTER. 
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5-pound rectangular box, 5-pound round box (wooden or fiber), 
and 10-pound tub. (See fig. 11.) This lack of uniformity means 
additional labor and expense for creameries when preparing butter 
for market. An effort is being made by the Vermont creameries to 
standardize the consumers' packages used in that State. 
The customary consumers' packages on the Pacific coast are the 
1 and 2-pound flat prints. The United States Navy in its contract 
for butter requires that a part of its supply be put up by the cream- 
eries in 5-pound sealed tins. (Fig. 12.) Butter for export to the 
Tropics usually is packed in similar tins, with the weights based 
on the metric system, and ranging from approximately one-half to 
25-pound packages. 
Fig. 11. — Tub butter is often repacked into smaller containers. The 5-pound wooden 
box is used as a consumer's package to some extent. The process is expensive as com- 
pared with cartoned prints. 
SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR BUTTER. 
Fiber board, corrugated board, and wooden boxes are used as ship- 
ping containers for print butter. For city distribution, the fiber 
board boxes are used quite generally. When rehandling in transit 
is necessary or greater protection during the summer season is 
required, the wooden boxes often are preferred. 
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES FOR BUTTER. 
In some sections the great bulk of the butter is shipped to the 
market by refrigerator freight. Throughout the dairy sections of the 
Middle West a regular scheduled refrigerator dairy freight service is 
