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Within a year or two there has been placed on the market. and used in export trade, a tub of the above description, provided with the inside lin- ing of tin, the whole called a “tin-lined tub.” The Danish package is a. cask or barrel, with both ends headed in the us- ual manner. It is also made by machinery is light and clean-looking, and will hold about 100 pounds. 1'“ ‘ 1 _-4_ Aime BRITISH IMPORTERS. ‘Iuvv-u _ SeverXI (if the importers in Bristol con- sidered OUR BUTTER PACKAGE IAULTY. Mr. Clark said : “ The present tubs are simply ridiculous. The joints open, stave: get loose, the tins break off, and the cover is poor. These packages are faulty gen- erally. The butter oozes out, and around the edge, or where it touches the wood, it gets ‘sidey,’ or strong tasting.” Mr. Iles also said that butter sufl'ered from “con- tact with the wood.” Mr. Clarke spoke of the tin boxes which came into the mar- ket, and said they were a. favorite pack age: but the objection to them was their expense, and the fact that the butter could not easily be taken out to “tare” it. He' would prefer the tin-line’d tubs. These allow the butter to come out easily, to be "tared" or “stripped,” but he thought their cost was an objection. Mr. Iles had less preference for tin-lined tubs, their extra. cost also being his main objection. If they were to be used at all, however, Registered in right gAct and 1) author. LA v--- V he would like to have them used together. He thtmght it'a. mistake to have various sorts of packages in market containing one brand of butter. When he offered butter in both packages, the argument which jus- tified the use of the tin-lining necessarily c. mdemed the use of the wooden tub with- out the lining. As a dealer, he had ac- tually experienced this dificultyof satisfy- ing buyers that either or both packages were gmdi Here, certainly, isanotherargument for uniformity all through in dairy matters. I may say here that what little experience I have had with the tin-lined package goes in its favor. While cheapness may be es- sentiel 1n the package of the future, I Would advise the dairymen not to allow a. little extra cost to stand in the way of his buying the best package in the market. Mr. Clark advocated the adoption of the Danish package, the cask or barrel, but of a somewhat smaller size, say holding 70 to 80 pounds instead of 100 lbs. I am glad, however, to quote Mr. Price. who held A GOOD WORD FOR CANADIAN TUBS. He was much pleased with ‘them. They could not be rolled like the Danish casks. and so had to be lifted. This fact saved the outside, in some measure, from con- tact with dirt. His experience led him to believe that these packages had been re- ceived by importers in England, fairly clean on the outside. He believed that the dirty appearance of Canadian tubs was largely due to the effect of long ster- age. He claimed that Danish casks had never been tested by storage. and believed if they were they would show a much dir- tier appearance than the Canadian tubs do. There is much force in this state- ment, and its teaching should not be lost sight of. In making a comparison between Danish and Canadian packages, we must remember the different conditions under‘ which they have been tested. The Danish ‘ butter transportation is of comparatively short distance and of continuous move- ment, shipments being made almost daily. The handlers engaged in this trade are completely familiarized with its needs. Again, it may be that the hrine is used in one case and not in the other. The brine though it may serve to protect the butter, soaks into the wood package, and through to the outside, giving the later, after some weeks of storage, a. dirty appearance. All this goes to prove OUR PACKAGE ONE CAUSE OF FAILURI. Our competitors have adopted a package which, though it_ may not be intrinsically i-.â€"-- -V Some suggestions were ofi'ered by these experienced dealers. Mr. Iles suggested the use of cloth to surround the butter in the package. Cloth would be a great protection and it was not expensiveâ€"much less than tin. Cloth always had a certain value to the buyer, either grocer or con- sumer. I may add that I found the use of cloth for protecting butter in con- nection with different styles of packing, growing in favor everywhere, and it my be strongly recommended. Mr. Iles thought, too, that there would be an ad- vantage in keeping a. little pickle around the butter. “ It would help‘ to destroy the rancid flavor of butter kept in tran- sit.” W LLLULI, vsnv “6‘. -v ""‘J __r. - - a better one than our own, is better suited to the conditions of their trade than is ours to the conditiong of onr trade. __ Mr Price asks that butter be packed and invoiced in a. way that each package will more evenly In his experience some tubs are over weight and some under weight. Even though a shipment may contain, in the ag- gregate, a. full weight of invoice, the im- porter may sufi'er loss when he disposes of butter in divided lots. He cannot charge the average weight to his customers, for those who get it e excess weight say no- thing, while those who are s ort we' ht insist on the weight being made up. $0 also advised, for butter packages "ed in accordance with the Copy; and published by permission of the HOLD OUT IT! WIIGHT. It would be much easier to invoice them. The desirable sizes suggested were; For creamery, 70 lbs.; for dairy, 70.56 and 36 lbs. Mr. Iles also suggested tubsof uni- form sizes and: standard net weights. Creamery he would make 60 or 70 lbs. and dairy a. range of 30 to 60 lbs.; The standard weights proposed by Mr. Price appear to me to be better adapted to the usages of the country. THE SORT OF PACKAGE NEEDED for our butter trade is a most important consideration. The choice probably lies between our present package and the Dan- ish cask. If it were settled that our pres- ent package cannot, or will not, be im- proved in its construction, one would be almost tempted to decide, offhand, upon the adoption of the Danish package. But were our own package to be improved in every respect wherein it is now defective, ‘ there is no doubt that it should be retain~ ed. The first argument in favor of re- taining our own package is (a) the fact that it is the package already in use. It is easier to improve what we have thanto revolutionize and introduce a substitute completely new. Our manufacturers are in the field equipped for, making the pres- ent firkin. It would be a pity, and not in the interest of dairymen, to unnecess- arily depreciate the plant of the manufac- turer who supplies him with requisites, and who is, therefore, his friend. It were well and reasonable, however, to ask the manufacturer to take heed to the needs of his patrons, and to perfect his goods to the highest degree. :The second argu- ment (b) is the advantage (if ever we do happily make for ourselves a reputation abroad for our butter) of having apackage distinctively our own. Such a package may ultimately be imitated; but that would not be ill fortune, for one must needs be ahead to be followed. Now, the Danish form of packs e seems especially adapted for heavy weig hesâ€"the Canadian form to light- weights. Possibly then, it would be well to Abor'r BOTH mousse. For creamery purposes, a cask containing 100 lbs. butter would be convenient, and it would suit the English market. To adopt this packs. e would be to follow our 1 old record. A iverpool firm told me that eight or ten years ago, Kamoursska butter was put into 100 pound casks, cell- ed “Goschens.” This butter, by the way, had a. high reputation for keeping quality, and was sometimes set aside because of this quality, for spring needs. The but- ter was highly salted; but it is likely that the package had most of all to do with the long keeping of the butter. These old- time packages, if I am rightly informed, came into disuse, because of the difiioulty of “taring” the butter, and because of ‘ fraudulent practices such as giving over- , weight of package and underweight of * butter. All such difliculty might be duly i provided against, under a proper supervi- i sion of our butter interests. TB’J PREJUDICBS OF BUYERS and of consumers is a factor not to be dis- regarded. The popularitv of a Normandy fresh butter packageâ€"a small boxâ€"will often sell other butter that would be re- fused in other shape. Mr. Clarke, how- ever, thinks that at the preéent tinie, there are not any weighty prejudices in the market strong enough to bear a ainst the adoption of any particular pac ge. What prejudice does exist he would ex- pect it to work in favor of the Danish cask (in which some of the margarine also is put up.) son ESSENTIALS or A BUTTER. PACKAGE. 0f first importance is the material used in manufacture. Spruce is the wood now used most extensively, and it is good. Balsamâ€"might be even referable, but it is not always available. here is no objec- tion to soft wood, it, is easily manufactur- ed, and it makes a light and cheap tub. But it is necessary and of first importance that the wood be free from sap if it be used without artificial treatment or coat- ing. I have understood that the Ver- mont manufacturers are very careful to select the lumber used and to exclude any staves containing sap. I fear that some, at least, of our manufacturers have not been wise enough to follow this example. The “bluey” butter referred to by the Bristol dealer was very likely due to sap , in the wood. Our. perfected package ‘ should be made to hold brine perfectly. One of the Bristol im rters advised keep- ing brine around the utter in transit, and the ‘ ‘Goschens” referred to contained brine which kept the butter from contact with the air. Now, if our package were of material impervious to brine and had a brine-tight cover, the butter would be in a a better condition, whether it were actu- ‘ ally surrounded by brime or not. When } brine is used it would be prevented from soaking through to the outside, not only wasting itself but disooloring the pack- age and giving it a dirty appearance. THE “some“ or SCIENCE AND INVENTION have made it possible for our manufactur- ers to give us packages answering the es- sential conditions, but the enterprise of those interested, of both dealers and manu- facturers, seems not to have been equal to the need, and a package perfected in these points has yet to be placed on the market, or, at least, to be introduced into trade our system. In freely iving above suggestions of others as we as my own, I do not expect to hsve covered the whole ground or to have settled the question. As the reader will see, before I am done I anticipate the necessity of more than suggestions or opinions, of one or of many, to determine what is best. Actual experiment in prac- tical lines will be necessary here as in other directions to the attainment of suc- cess. 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