Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-03
A Valuable Plan.

One of Il e chief impediments to "di-
rect trade" between the dalrymen anu
consumers in the city has b en- the I'M
possibility Of forwarding butter by express
without ice during warm weather Iol
,scl and keep regular customers we must
sunplv them regularly, and with good
article. in the quantity and form most de-
sirablr to hem
Mr. 0. NJ Tinkham. of North Pomiret,
HIS bit upon an ingenious and practical
plan for doing this very thing. and donates
it Ia his brother farmers without any pa
tent right fur which he deserves the
thanks of the whole dairying community
II is ii ply Il ST. ong re urn box lined,
bufrm SIDES and GOV l., with thick felt
,pg. I'm Ihi> hut,er may be fol warded N
tn. huitpst weather, and reach the CUSTOM
nl.r,. 90. order For holding the butter
on chooses may hr used. Mr.
,rk~ hi> in neat hre-pound
vt,a tr-t.l.ss wuon paper.
nrd h. bulrel then pressed
t..u neat stamp on HE top
". .. r., now engaged in manu-
m-,li boxes. which are neat
rl >ianrp with dove tailed
nH 81 to cost b t on" cen
T.. liter which IS hardly more
= ttt .'"t tubs
bow, complimentary notice OF the
81 we USE for sending our butter
war. ,- from DR. Iluskins' pen in the
u Gilman, and we must say that as lar
- ,l,,. boxes are concerned we think the
lrant the notice
ave had 30 many inquiries concern
iug ii, 81 packages, that we will take Il
4..p ,p.rc th, week to speak more fully
ol lhem The need was felt for some
small. LIGHT cheap package which our
grocer could sell to his customers just us ii
came in, and which they could put in the
refrigerator in summer; something neat
compact, and holding five pounds. Boxes
to keep bu ter well must be soaked in
brine, or they would taste of the wood,
and to stand soaking, must be made heavy
enough to stand the warpng or they
would come apart. Such boxes were too
heavy and cost too high, and made too
M lch freight. How to get box which
would need no preparation and still be
tasleless, was the question we were study
inc how to solve. One day while inspect
ine the prper mills at Bellows Falls, the
courteous overSeer who was showing us
the processes and answering our Yankee
like questions, took up piece OF paper
saying, " this paper is made of wood and
stock mixed and is tastelcss." 1t struck
us ut once that we had found the answer
to our riddle. We got some of the paper,
and shortly after being in Burlington, we
went to Pope e. Watson, box makers, and
cot them TO make us dozen boxes to hold,
us near Us we could cipher it out, five
pounds of butter, and that we thought
would take about IA cubic inches of
space. Well we got our boxes, and cut
the paper to line it; one piece covering
sides and bottom with enough left TO fold
over the top-and two other pieces to fit
the ends. After having my boxes, the
question came up how can they be got in
to market in good condition; boxes clean
and nice, the butter cool and sold. Several
of our dairymen had been sending butter
in prints, using ice boxes for the purpose,
but the ice kept the boxes wet and cost for
freight, and evidently would not do for
our new boxes.
One LAY while poking about IN engine
ror II. we saw II piece of curious stuff made
chic ly of hair and old jute fibre, and about
5-Stn, of an inch thick. They told us this
VS. steam telling" and was wound
about the seam pipes to keep the heat in.
" fh IS exactly the thing for our packing
box" we thought, and we got some for
trtl We sem 10 P. g. w. TO make us Il
y * to hold twelve of the small ones,
y }-tjh> inch space all round, and then
w 'r'l it with our telling, put on the
'ng .uu h'sp and one hot morning in
o.. .. IA our first venture. FIRST, il
miles b Stage to the depot
'Y. .pll hours on the cars, staid in
d.. - oil e over niLht, then wa
boz. tolr miles in an open cX.
ut nl the dealer who receive,
r .,. lhrt it came out rs nr, rs i
nv "ur cellar That's TIL way
pn nrr AMI with like sue.
c.
Now for the cost. The small boxes cos
Ia. of n,rlip,Ytn, SE Inn,
dred, ten pound boxes 50 90 per hundred
the paper costs ten cents per pound in the
sheet. What the packing boxes cost W.
don't know, but we paid one dollar for the
telling to Inc ours.
We presented this matter to Pope &
Watson and convinced them after SOME
argument that they might make som,
money for themselves by making thest
boxes complete, and keeping the paper OF
hand cut to proper size, SO the dairymal
could get the entire outfit without The
trouble we had in getting ours.
The merits of the butter box are tina
they are neat, compact (being square in
stead of round) cheap and easily prepared
all that is necessary to be done is to We
the paper after you have lined the DO,
and sprinkle on little salt. The shipping
box we consider especially valuable, as i
saves ice, the space 1t would take and it!
weight if it were used. Then your boxes
are all dry, light, no danger of mould OIL
decay. Finally, BRETHREN it is free tt