Page 2 Advertisements Column 6

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 173, 5 August 1901, Page 2

Ad important advance in thf motbod of packing butter for export was advocated at the reoent dairying conference promoted by the National Diiiy Aesooiation at Palmmton North. This method is to coat the iodide of the boxei with piraffine wax. At present the butter boxaa are lined with a h*avy weight p»rohment pap r, bat that does not prevent the edges of tbe butter becoming ttinted by the wood. On the other hand, boxes ooatel with par&fline wax (a perfectly odourless but effective protection and quite impervious 11 moisture) have t«en proved to hold he»butt-r fre* from tbe .-lightest 'aiist Another advantage cUimed tor the method is (hat the panffine »«x would *ave the low of moisture whfeh is no-v often absorbed by the •od of the bax —N Z. Times. T-.e .xpor'a of fo d products from | Canada to Great Britain at the preI sent time are just three timet what they were ten years ago.