Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-12

gospel Truth About Tubs That riavor
HITTER with Wood.

go.p.i Truth About Tubs That FLAVOR
natter with wood.
There Is no more important improve.
ment needed In the dairy business than
that Of the wooden butter tubs and pack.
ages. no article Of tho farm Is so apt 70
take It's favor froil the wood IN which
Il Is packed rs butior, and during tho
hot season Of the year butter frequently
becomes rancid or loses much Of lie Emo
favor lhrc1gh contact with the wooden
tub. In tho early days Of diirying the
farmers had plenty Of wood TO select
from, and II was all extremely cheap.
and they were always careful 10 take
only such woods AZ were naturally sweet
and host for manufacturing butior pack
ages and tubi Their tubs aud firkins
were made by hand and not by machin-
cry, and they were made with such
scrupulous care that butter could be
shipped and kept comparatively well IN
them.
Batter tubs and drkius arc not today
maio from the best woods. and the cheap
pnes are very frequently made from such
woods a. coniaminate the butter. and
give II u bitter and strange flavor. Not
littlo Of tho fines, buttor sent 10 mar.
ket Is ruined through contact with tho
wooden packages In addition 10 this,
the wood absorlis the preserving AMI
sweet qualities from the butter. making
II possible Tor the butter 10 spoil rapidly
In warm weather This may be scon by
turning the butter out Of tub where IL
has stood for long time. Wherever the
butter has come In contact with tho
wood II has turned white. aud II must DO
scraped of before tho butter q sold.
Butter that Is shipped to other coun-
tries always runs n risk Of spoillng by
boing packed In the wooden tubs or any
other material capable Of absorbing tho
brine and salt. Butter Of a superior
quality Is ruined n packed In tubs malo
Of poor. cheap wood. and II Is frequently
damaged II packed IN the very best
wooden tubs. The price o. tho bet
wood makes II impossible 20 manuilc.
turc tubs out Of II for the small sum OBJ
tanablo for butter iirllins and tuba
but theirs Is loss IN other ways o. well.
There "a always more or less waste but
ter In the tubs. which must be- scrapel
out and thrown away or used for frying
purposes. This does not amount 10
much In each tub. but when number
are sent ut onoo several pounds Of this
waste product Is found. Tho los from
shinkago Il likewise considerable. a
leakage and soaksgc allowance Is al
ways made by law, and this sometimes
amounts 10 considerable.
Some OF tho tubs that come from tho
large factories are made " such cheap
wood that dealers In tho butter dump
ont tho product when II reaches them.
mud scrapc on from the sides and bottom
frequently from two TO four pounds, to
rid Il OF woody flavor and package faint
As this Is generally charged 10 the pro.
Queer, It will DO seen that nearly al II
these losses come directly home TO the
dairyman. Thepossibility Of these losses,
great or small, opens an avenue for IN.
ecrupulous dealers 10 deduct moro from
tho leakage allowance than Is true. They
can easily report losses which no man
can disproye.
Butter tubs and packages Of tho future
must b. made out Of material other THAI
WOOD. In supplying few private Gus
TONERS with butter l have adopted 4
plan OF my own which seems 20 worl
we'll. l have number uf tan packages
holding live pounds each. made. Hnt
into these pack the butter for city use
Twenty Of these arc packed In stronl
wooden case for shipment. Tho ali
space thus formed between tho woolei
ease and tho tin boxes proteots the but
ter from heat and air influences. hay,
found that butter packed Ia this wal
keeps much longer and better than whci
packed In tubs, and tho finest quality o
the best butter "a retained indefinitely
II might well be matter Of conddera
ton for dairymon 10 adopt some sucl
method Of butter packing In the nea
future. Tin "a used for milking pail
and pans, and In nearly every part o
the country, and thorc seems TO DO NJ
reason why tho butter should not b
marketed In tho same way, with
simple wooden box TO protect it-Cor
American Cultlyator.
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