BUTTER BY PARCEL POST.

Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 116, 14 January 1926, Page 8

BUTTER BY PARCEL POST.

FROM FARM TO CONSUMER. Mr. L. ■W. English, a Vermont farmer, is still sending Iris butter by parcel post to customers scattered over, a dozen States of America. In the year ending- June 30, 1923, 2092 packages of butter were shipped by mail, and in the following year 2684 packages were sent out. Altogether about four or five tons of butter were made during the past year and sold at very satisfactory prices. The best possible grade of butter is made, and thoroughly cooled, and then it is well wrapped and packed. Butter paper is used for wrapping, then the blocks are placed in cartons, and these in turn are protected by a corrugated packing case. These eases are then well wrapped with paper and securely tied. When handled in this way the butter is railed successfully each week, even during- the warm summer months. For three years packages have been regularly sent as far south as Florida an.l Georgia, and Washington, D.C., and only pne package has gone astray. At present the herd at the English farm consists of 57 pure-bred and six grade Jerseys. During- the past year about 30 cows were milked, but even with this good-sized herd and a high average production Mr. English was unable to produce all the cream that was required for butter-making, and was obliged to obtain cream from neighbouring- Jersey herds.