Show A L I 1 T to prevent mold in butter packages the department of 0 agriculture of canada sends ta the fol following lovIng reports have boon i received that a few lots of canadian i butter have been delivered hi tho the united kingdom somewhat F spotted potted with mold on tile tho butter paper and between the iwa and the butter that has haa occurred on butter As mold isa is a tiny plant or fungus it 13 11 important that butter makers and butter dealers should know by what means they can entirely prevent RS its growth grov rth on butter packages butter paper or on oil the butter itself mold can only come from preexisting pre existing mold or from spores which serve the purpose of seed or fruit for its reproduction if the spores be elp destroyed st royed mold cannot begin to grow the conditions favorable for its growth are a certain dc degree of dampness and a moderately low temperature that is to say a temperature pei pera ture lature below go CO degrees some forms grov at temperatures as low as 32 degrees F 3 or the freezing point of water Form fermaline For maline allne is an effective fungi fungicide 0 c do or in other words it is of fungi and of tho the spores of fungi A weak solution of form for malins allne is effective for the destruction of spores of mold A good course for tho the butter mahOr to follow is ia to prepare a strong brine of salt adding one ounce of fermaline for maline to ODO oner gallon gallan agthe brine the butter paper should be soaked in this solution the inside of at all butter pae packages k sli also bo be rinsed gitil it tho the butter paper while still wel with tile brine containing fermaline for maline should be pla placed i ada inside the butter box bos and the butter immediately packed in it the brino brine containing tha for fermaline maline 11 aline will destroy all spores of raold mold on en the butter paper and on the inside insi dc of at the box A brine can be used foi or a long period if ie ic be boiled belled lucea weck As aa the fermaline for maline evaporates during the boiling procesa s it will be beneces feces sary to add to every gallon of brine after it has boiled and cooled one ounce of fermaline maline for |