SIXTY-POUND BOXES PACKED FOR MARKET

The butter for market was cut into two-pound squares, wrapped and packed in 60-pound containers, made of white fir, cottonwood and spruce (figs. 2, 3 and 4). The butter was stored in a cold room, the temperature of which ranged from 48° to 50° F. It was held in storage twenty-eight days, which is within two days of the maximum time butter may be held and still sold as fresh butter. Butter held over thirty days must be labeled “storage butter.” The butter was scored four times during the storage period. The butter used was all from the same churning which scored 93 after being chilled for twenty-four hours at 50° F.

[Table 2] gives a summary of the scores showing the effect upon butter in containers with varying treatments. When paraffined, the inside of the boxes was painted with the paraffin at 240° F.

TABLE 2 Influence of Various Woods on Butter Packed in 60-Lb. Boxes [3]
No. of sample	Kind of wood	How treated	Highest score	Lowest score	Average of all scores
1	White Fir	Unseasoned, Not Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, Cartons Box Lined with Wrapping Paper	93	93	93
3	Cottonwood	Unseasoned, Not Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, Cartons Box Lined with Wrapping Paper	93	93	93
7	Spruce	Unseasoned, Not Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, Cartons Box Lined with Wrapping Paper	93	93	93
1-a	White Fir	Unseasoned, Not Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, No Cartons Box Lined with Parchment	—	—	—
3-a	Cottonwood	Unseasoned, Not Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, No Cartons Box Lined with Parchment	93	93	93
7-a	Spruce	Unseasoned, Not Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, No Cartons Box Lined with Parchment	93	93	93
2	White Fir	Seasoned, Not Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, Cartons Box Lined with Wrapping Paper	93	93	93
9	Cottonwood	Seasoned, Not Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, Cartons Box Lined with Wrapping Paper	93	93	93
8	Spruce	Seasoned, Not Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, Cartons Box Lined with Wrapping Paper	93	93	93
2-a	White Fir	Seasoned, Not Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, No Cartons Box Lined with Parchment	93	93	93
9-a	Cottonwood	Seasoned, Not Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, No Cartons Box Lined with Parchment	93	90	91.175
8-a	Spruce	Seasoned, Not Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, No Cartons Box Lined with Parchment	93	93	93
4	Cottonwood	Seasoned, Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, Cartons Box Lined with Wrapping Paper	93	93	93
5	White Fir	Seasoned, Box Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, Cartons Box Lined with Wrapping Paper	93	93	93
6	Spruce	Seasoned, Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, Cartons Box Lined with Wrapping Paper	93	93	93
4-a	Cottonwood	Seasoned, Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, No Cartons Box Lined with Parchment	93	93	93
5-a	White Fir	Seasoned, Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, No Cartons Box Lined with Parchment	93	92.75	92.562
6-a	Spruce	Seasoned, Paraffined Parchment Wrapped, No Cartons Box Lined with Parchment	93	93	93