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Show Washing the Churn. N the market receipts are heavy the market is weak such butter II so be moved only at low prices, and wen sells at 6 to 8 cents below the tt grades. Co-Operate In Shipping. k fte shiPment of butter to mar-; mar-; t, according to the bulletin, cream- situated close together may & effect economies In transporta- tion by co-operating ia obtaining special spe-cial scheduled "pickup" refrigerator-car refrigerator-car service and by assembling local shipments into carload lots which may be shipped at lower freight costs. Many country creameries, it was found, consigned their butter to wholesale whole-sale butter receivers who often function func-tion as jobbers, while the tendency among the larger creameries and, to some extent, among smaller ones, is to distribute directly , to the retailer. The grading and handling of bulk butter but-ter would be greatly facilitated, it is vV Assy Printing the Butter. pointed out by the experts, if the consecutive con-secutive numbers of the different churnlugs of a creamery were stamped on the containers. Butter in Cold Storage. Approximately one-tenth of tbe butter but-ter received ln the larger markets is placed in cold storage, the bulletin states, and is held for an average period pe-riod of six months. The cost of storing stor-ing butter approximates one-fourth of a cent per pound per month. In the market distribution of creamery butter but-ter there is at present a tendency toward to-ward the more general use of consumers consum-ers packages, usually of the one-pound size. It is pointed out by the specialists that the establishment of brands is essential for effective advertising. Salesmanship is also a vital factor in successful market distribution. It is highly important in marketing a branded product that a sanitary and attractive package be used and that a certain standard of quality in the product be maintained. |