Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1875 — Transporting Butter. [ARTICLE]

Transporting Butter.

A good way to carry rolls of butter over a rough road or any other is to make tin boxes to suit the size of the rolls, cylindrical in form (like a pill box), but dividing near the middle, so that the cover will constitute one-half of the box. Wrap each roll In fine bleached muslin, and insert one end in the box and slide the cover over the other end, pressing it down till the end of the roll will touch the inside of the cover. Inclose the tin boxes in a wooden one. Make the wooden box of sound one and a halfinch boards, fastening the corners firmly with sheet-iron straps. The outside should be planed and painted; the inside may be rough. Line the inside of this box with two thicknesses of felt and cover the. felt with thin but sound boards, nailing them right through the felt snugly to the outside boards. The felt is a non-conductor, and will keep the heat from striking through into the butter. Line the inside of the cover to the wooden box in the same way, dealing the top of it to prevent warping or spliting, and attach it to the box by strong hinges on one side, and hold the other down firmly by two straps and staples. Stout handles should be put upon each end of the box for convenience in handling. Rolls of butter in tin boxes inclosed in such a case will neither get out of shape nor feel the heat. Upon arrival at the end of their journey the rolls are easily removed from the tin boxes, which can be returned in thencase. Boxes four and a quarter inches in diameter and eight inches long hold a roll of four pounds, and cost from $1.50 to $2 per dozen, according to the Quality of tin. The whole outfit is cheap, durable and convenient, and will secure an attractive form to the batter upon its reaching the market.— Grocery and Provision Bedew.