1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
553 
PAPER BOTTLES FOR MILK. 
Is There Any Place for Them ? 
We have heard of paper milk bottles 
several times, but have never seen one. 
We do not think they have come into 
general use yet, because if they had we 
would certainly hear of them, being in 
close touch with milk dealers’ everywhere. 
The chief argument in favor of such a 
bottle, if it should be developed so as to 
be practicable, would be the cleanliness. 
The user would have a new package every 
time he received his milk. This, of course, 
with the idea that the bottle would be 
discarded for milk purposes, at least after 
being used once. We cannot give you the 
exact percentage of loss in glass bottles, 
but we know it is very large, and some 
concerns ship back broken bottles to the 
factory by the carload. It is one of the 
heavy items of expense in connection with 
delivery of milk in bottles. 
D. H. BURRELL & CO. 
There are no paper milk bottles being 
made now and used for the retail trade 
that we know of. You have undoubtedly 
seen the same articles in the different pa¬ 
pers that we have seen in regard to the 
matter of paper milk bottles. We have 
heard of paper milk bottles, and have in¬ 
vestigated it two or three times, but have 
not found them to be practical or feasible. 
The present agitation comes from Phila¬ 
delphia. We have made some inquiries, 
but all that we have been able to learn is 
that they are endeavoring to form a com¬ 
pany for the manufacture of paper bottles. 
Our representative has been unable as yet 
to secure a bottle for us. They claim 
that they can be made and sold for about 
$10 a thousand, and as they would only 
be used once, the cost would be about a 
cent a quart for delivery. From our ob¬ 
servation, we cannot agree with either 
proposition, as we feel very positive that 
they cannot make a paper milk bottle, or a 
paper milk box, as it has been explained 
to us they are to be in collapsible form, 
and paraffin it and sell at $10 per 1,000. 
They also propose keeping them enclosed 
in antiseptic bags, which would add mate¬ 
rially to the expense. We cannot believe 
that a paper box would be more cleanly 
than a sterilized glass bottle. Neither do 
we believe it is possible to make a collap¬ 
sible milk bottle or box that can be sealed 
tight enough so that the milk will not slop 
out in delivery. 
THATCHER MANUFACTURING CO. 
The paper milk bottles were spoken of 
some years ago, and samples shown, but 
for a time thereafter nothing definite was 
done, although a paraffined box was got 
up, which is used somewhat on the 
East Side of New York, to give customers 
who call in the stores five cents’ worth of 
cream or a few cents’ worth of milk, and 
they answer the purpose of a conveyance 
from the store to the house. At present 
the paper milk bottles are being pushed 
more extensively, and may get some foot¬ 
hold on the market; they certainly have 
favorable features, being non-breakable, 
only to be used once, there is no cleaning 
and they should be comparatively inex¬ 
pensive. It is very doubtful whether the 
paper bottles will ever be used for high- 
class milk trade, as the question of a sani¬ 
tary conveyance and a sterilized package 
are important, but for the cheaper trade 
it may be of use. Most every consumer 
wishes to see the cream line in the milk, 
and this is only possible with the glass 
bottles. As to expense, a paper bottle 
should be got up for about half a cent 
apiece, and at this rate it would be very 
much cheaper than glass bottles, as it 
costs about one cent a quart more to put 
milk in glass bottles; the breakage upon 
glass is at the rate of about a half cent per 
quart, and the washing and handling 
about another half cent per quart. 
Paper bottles would have a great advan¬ 
tage as to weight, being much lighter, but 
whether they could be equally well iced 
would be a question. As much of the 
milk is now bottled in the city this would 
make it easier to adopt the paper bottles, 
as this eliminates the rough handling on 
the railroads, as well as eliminating the 
number of handlings by the dealer. I 
believe there is a place for the paper 
bottles if they can be made sanitary, so 
that the acids formed in the milk will not 
affect the material employed in making the 
paper bottles waterproof. 
Culture of Peanuts. 
F. 8. M., Newton Centre, Mass .—Can you 
tell me anything about the culture of pea¬ 
nuts? I planted a small plot with them 
about the middle of May, and a good propor¬ 
tion came up, though nearly three weeks 
elapsed between time of planting and first 
signs of life above the surface. I planted 
them with their “dresses” on. Should I have 
taken them out of the shell first? What kind 
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Corn Hybridization. 
M. P. W., Clinton, Iowa .—I am making an 
effort at cross-b* ceding field corn this Sum¬ 
mer. I have a very early, vigorous yellow 
dent, that I have grown for 10 years in 
Washington State, where the nights are cool 
and rainfall but moderate. This corn, tried 
here in eastern Iowa, shows the same habits 
of quick growth and early maturity. It is 
a little small in ear, yet shells out well. I 
have another variety, a large, long-season yel¬ 
low dent, grown in southern Illinois. I am 
going to cross-breed these. Which will be 
better, the small kind as pollenizer on the 
large sort, or the large wort on the small 
kind? I wish to retain the earliness as far 
as possible, yet increase size of ear and stalk 
but moderately. I do not expect to complete 
this in one season, but would like to hear 
what others say as to which will he the best 
cross. The large is a very large sort, large 
stalk and ear, but certainly requires 120 days 
in southern Illinois. I am sure it would be 
too late even for this section of Iowa, while 
the smaller ripens here in 90 to 100 days, 
under conditions of two past seasons. 
Ans. —It makes very little difference 
which of the two varieties of com you 
of soil do they thrive in down South, and 
what fertilizer is best for them? They seem 
to grow rather slowly. Ought I to expect 
them to mature a crop here? My soil is or¬ 
dinary good garden loam, a little gravelly. 
Ans. —Peanuts germinate more readily 
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The Spanish peanut is very early, reliable 
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Hybridizers in all parts of the world have 
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same, no matter which supplies the pollen 
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corn it is necessary to protect the silk or 
female blooms on the ears from pollen 
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with a paper cap just before the silk 
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