Principles and practice of butter-making . Fig. 112. -Elgin style butter-tub. Fig. 113.—Bradleybutter-boxes. experience and from various experiments it has been foundthat ash and spruce are the most suitable woods in which to packbutter to be delivered to the market. In the eastern markets adecided preference is given to the 60-pound ash tub. Prior tothe use of this tub the old-style firkin was used. Possibly the 294 PREPARING BUTTER FOR MARKET 295 reason for the preference given to the 6o-pound tub in the easternmarket lies in the fact that many dealers have so arranged theirrefrigerators tha
Principles and practice of butter-making . Fig. 112. -Elgin style butter-tub. Fig. 113.—Bradleybutter-boxes. experience and from various experiments it has been foundthat ash and spruce are the most suitable woods in which to packbutter to be delivered to the market. In the eastern markets adecided preference is given to the 60-pound ash tub. Prior tothe use of this tub the old-style firkin was used. Possibly the 294 PREPARING BUTTER FOR MARKET 295 reason for the preference given to the 6o-pound tub in the easternmarket lies in the fact that many dealers have so arranged theirrefrigerators that they have a space in which the tub fits. Custom,based upon long use of the 6o-pound tub, has created such adecided preference for butter packed in this manner that itwill sell in the eastern market at from half a cent to one centmore a pound than if packed in a cubical box. The Pacific Coast markets, on the other hand, have a decided
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