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Show Butter Boxes Made of Straw. In future the boxes containing butter but-ter shipped from Queensland to Great Britain are to be made of straw, and a 50,000 company has been formed to work the business. Butter boxes hitherto have been made of pine, but the drain upon this timber, owing to the heavy exports, have been so severe se-vere that the wood is rapidly going up in price. In one month (March, 1908) over 50,000 boxes of butter from Queensland arrived in England 1,250 tons, worth 140,000. In the new box a mixture of kaolin and straw is used. It can be produced and sold for Is. At present 3,000,000 boxes are used In Australia annually, costing 200,000. The new box will save the dairy industry about 40,000 a year, as the material for manufacturing manufactur-ing the box can be grown In the paddock pad-dock which supports a cow. It weighs about 10Ms pounds, being damp proof and odorless. |