BUTTER, BOXES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3272, 27 February 1937, Page 5

BUTTER, BOXES

ADVANTAGES OF RIMU

ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR

i Arguments sin favour of the use Off fimu timber for 1 the manufacture «£ butter' boxes as a substitute for white pihe-have been advanced-fty the! Commissioner of State Forest. the 'ttim E. v Lanistone. ~■

; Trial 1 Shipments to London bw* shown that butter packed in rlsnrtr boxes was actually more free Iron* taint than when packed in white: pine boxes, he saidi Further shipments were to be made this, season with a view to the development -0 the use of rimu for this purpose. "For many years/' said the Minis- . ter, "it has been well-known to the State Forest Service that rirau as a* butter-box container is as good, it not superior, to white pine. It is free from taint and in other directions is quite satisfactory, there has been considerable prejudice against rimu in this connection, butrecent tests have proved beyondf shadow of doubt that the timber iff suitably.for the purpose. "The position has become sa acute that it has been necessary to restrict the export of white pine to Australia, which, like New Zealand,, is urgently in need of increased sop. plies for butter-b|)x purposes. We. have ample supplies of rimu timber and if the dairy industry in Australia and New Zealand will gradually switch over to the use of that timber for butter-box purposes it will nor only relieve the demand for white pine, but will also give a fillip to. the rimu trade and we will be. able to supply Australia's full requirements without restrictions."