Editing Butter (section)

====Bulk packaging====

Since the 1940s,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Milton E. Parker|date=1948|title=A History of Butter Packaging|url=http://www.webexhibits.org/butter/ref/MiltonEParker.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031219004652/http://webexhibits.org:80/butter/ref/MiltonEParker.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2003 |access-date=|website=}}</ref> but more commonly the 1960s,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Butter crate {{!}} SA/PKC/PRO/1/6/3/1/1/6|url=https://www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk/catalogue/search/sapkcpro163116-butter-crate/c/1/c/6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421135423/https://www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk/catalogue/search/sapkcpro163116-butter-crate/c/1/c/6 |archive-date=21 April 2021 |access-date=8 January 2021|website=www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk}}</ref> butter pats have been individually wrapped and packed in cardboard boxes. Prior to use of cardboard, butter was bulk packed in wood. The earliest discoveries used [[Firkin (unit)|firkins]]. From about 1882 wooden boxes were used, as the [[Dunedin (ship)#The Dunedin refit|introduction of refrigeration on ships]] allowed longer transit times. Butter boxes were generally made with woods whose resin would not taint the butter,<ref name=":0" /> such as [[Acer pseudoplatanus|sycamore]],<ref name=":1" /> [[Kahikatea#Uses|kahikatea]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=17 August 1885|title=BUTTER EXPORT-IMPORTANT INVENTION. NEW ZEALAND HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18850817.2.61|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112034753/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18850817.2.61 |archive-date=12 January 2021 |access-date=9 January 2021|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> [[Hoop pine#Cultivation and other uses|hoop pine]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 December 1938|title=BUTTER BOX PINE.|pages=7|work=Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954)|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42162980|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref> [[maple]], or [[spruce]].<ref name=":0" /> They commonly weighed a [[Firkin (unit)#British unit for butter and cheese|firkin]] ({{Convert|56|lb||abbr=}}).<ref name=":0" />