MARKETING DAIRY PR0-DUCE IN AMERICA.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1675, 31 March 1883, Page 4

MARKETING DAIRY PRODUCE IN AMERICA.

TJiri" system of marketing butter in the Umfcd'iMStnteßJ accdrdiog (^iJ\lJJ.,Jscn,ry ; Stdwnrttiiif thtv'flolnmn«/o£.thc i<4irM\ <iVc»pf [ J,"«J'/M-, depends, considei Abjjrl , Mp'jii , Jblje character of the article ,|and 'the] Hin.d of pur.cjiaspr^to whotji i^iij penj; • jThoyommom,grades, of,', butter 'jate^gjueflyi bc^ abroad or sold to the home grocery trao^e. .'iiifl for these ,dt'Btiii;itiouS' the comujoti oak lirkin, holding l6olbs, and the halftub, holding SQdw, are, ,in common use '£\\q ))Qtt,er grades are ,s,cn|; to ( market in the .")01b " Orange pail,, which, lioweve,r,,, \a uotj popular,! because; it, is expected to be returned, and'thero arc trouble aud,N elation, ju looking af,tt,r tho pails, and getting them back again, and Cli.e a\eia.go .commission agent does not like any trouble ; thjit .he can' avoid. Fancy bu.tter, , the s>o -"called ," prilt - edge I," which is of tho best quality, rarely gc,ls into the general '• market, ,be J cause it 'is sold to private customers, whose in legaid to the manner of packing are followed by the dairyman, at extra cost, which is not all profit. For instance, a " gilt-edged" dairyman charged his customers last \\ inter 2s Id to 2s BJd per lb for butter. The cows are curried and brushed, and are bedded, in clean sawdust frequently renewed. The udders are washed and \\ iped with a< cleau towel, and so are the milkers' hands. The stable is kept clean and.well swept, , so that no dust ca,n get into the railk, as it comes from the bam to the dairy, although quite free from specks of dust and hairs, is attained' twice before , it is set away. The butter is packed in small boxes Or pails that' cost fiom 1 id to 2UI per lb of butter, or it is mould in a press into cakes, which arc wrapper! in paraffin paper and' fchen packed in a upat box", at a cost of at least 2UI per 11) of butter. And, lastly, it is sent to the customer'? at A cost of '2\<\ per lb mote for express charges. Kcally good butter is easily marketed when put up in neat, clean and convenient packages, or in 111) cakes, shaped so that when cut into halves at a mark stamped upon them, each half is a square piece that is convenient and shapely for use on the table. These cakes aic pressed in moulds by means of a small lever press, and are wrapped in paraffin paper or in a muslin napkins dipped in brine, and then packed in boxes for shipment. Butter so packed is always sent direct to the purchasers, who are fancy groceiy storekeepers, who retail it out to private families. A frequent method of marketing butter is in five-pound pails, made of thin spruce veneer and provided with a cover and a tinned iron wire pail. These pails cost about 4s 2<l per dozen, and are neat and convenient. They arc packed when filled, in a small crate holding one dozen pails, or sixty pounds of butter. This method is in vogue among those dairymen who supply the fancy grocery stores ; but a largo business is done in supplying private families direct from dairies near the large cities. As an instance of the demand for butter put up in this way, and, of coui'-e, of the best quality, it may be stated that one adveitiseinent last winter hi ought thiiteen applications to one dairy for these five-pound pails. There is a largo demand, also, for what are known as Welsh pails, which are a very popular package. These are made of white spruce about 3-Btlis of an inch thick, with two hoops and a lid. These pails hold twenty pounds, and cost about 6'id each. They are not intended to be returned. The package, as is said, "sells itself ;'' because good butter packed in it brings that much more on the market, on account of the package, to pay for it. In picking butter in these pails it is bettor to fill them quite full, then cover with double paraffin paper, put on the lid and nail it down socuiely. The package is then closed air tight, and the butter will keep a long true in fine order. The system by which milk is supplied direct to consumers in bottles is one which has made great progress, probably on account of the great cost of carrying it out. Ncvcitheless, it is a plan by which those who cure to go to the expense may have their supply direct from the country. A correspondent, writing to the " Cultivator and Country Gentleman " (Albany, N.Y.), describes the system as canied out by a milk company in Orange County, New York State, the bottled milk being conveyed by tail from Monroe Station to New York city. At Monroe Station is a building devoted to the receiving and shipping of milk. The fanners leave their milk at the door, where it is weighed in a large tin can or tank. The milk is com eyed from the weighing tank to largo vats below. The night and morning niilklngs arc kept separate, there being two equal divisions in the weighing tank. After passing into the vats below, the milk is cooled by means of pipes, through which cold water is kept running. The milk is slightly agitated by horizontal paddles, moved by a small steam engine, otherwise employed in the building. At ono side of the milk vats is the bottling-room. The bottles hold a quart each, and are provided with a means of closing or corking similar to that used in securing bottled beer. The bottles are sent into longtraya that 'iQld several hundred, and in this position they ai'o filled from a milk car that runs along just above the long line of bottle mouths. The filling is done, by bringing the car to the right place, and opening six: holes in its bottom, by means of w hich a half dozen bottles are filled at the same time. 'I he car is then moved along to the adjoining six bottles, which are filled in like manner, aud so>on to the end of the long ttay of bottles.- As soon as filled, a piece of paper, cut to fit, is placed over the mouth of each bottle, and the metal cap io put over it aud brought firmly and securely down, by means of the wire arrangement above mentiqned. Powdered Ice is next placed between the bottles, SO that the necks are nearly covered, and blankets are thrown over the trays. When the time comes for loading the cars the bottles are taken from the trays and placed in boxes holding • eighteen quarts, covered with ioe < the cover put down and fastened with a hasp and padlock. These boxes are run into the freight cars upon a small truck, and are then stacked for their' passage to tho city. When in the city the boxes are placed' in the delivery waggons', and the ' flllfed bottles' are left at the doors of the consumers, th.o empty ones left on a previous visit are put in their places ii} the pigeon-holes in the boxes. Upon the| arrival of these empty bottles at the station they rtro thrown into a vat of hot water and thoroughly washed — the 1 con-sume'f-s'having r gi ye the*m iisleanhlg r 'be» foie sotting them. out , for the milkman.' A stamp or seal is placed upon the cap and side of. the neck of oaoh bottle before it leaves the station. There is another such, bottling establishment at Oxford, the next station beyond ' Monroe ; these two bottling stations are held by fche same milk company,' and under 1 the same ' genera] management. '' '' ' ' ' '' ■ i . i .-,.., - i ,

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