. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 4 BULLETIN 456, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. There has been considerable variation in the size of the cubes used, some holding 63 pounds, some 68, and others approximately 80 pounds. As a step toward standardizing the size of the cube, the San Francisco Wholesale Dairy Produce Exchange recently ruled that butter offered on the exchange as " extras " should be packed in cubes with sides, tops, and bottoms one-half inch in thickness. Fig. 1.—The cube is used on the Pacific coast for solid packed bulk butter
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 4 BULLETIN 456, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. There has been considerable variation in the size of the cubes used, some holding 63 pounds, some 68, and others approximately 80 pounds. As a step toward standardizing the size of the cube, the San Francisco Wholesale Dairy Produce Exchange recently ruled that butter offered on the exchange as " extras " should be packed in cubes with sides, tops, and bottoms one-half inch in thickness. Fig. 1.—The cube is used on the Pacific coast for solid packed bulk butter. Its inside dimensions are 12J inches by 12£ inches by 13J inches. Its net weight is approxi- mately 68 pounds. and ends seven-eighths of an inch in thickness, lumber to be sur- faced on both sides, corners to be rounded, inside measurement 12J- by 12£ by 13£ inches, and net weight to be marked on each end. The net weight of such a cube would be approximately 68 pounds. Cubes of a uniform size, which are neat and attractive in appearance, would be much more satisfactory and highly desirable both for local and foreign Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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