Posted by valleview on November 24, 2013 at 16:46:08 from (98.132.218.229):
In Reply to: Old picture posted by rrlund on November 24, 2013 at 09:11:31:
We milked in the corner of the old 1870's barn either by hand or later with a Surge bucket with a little vacuum pump. There was a manure carrier on a track that went out to the barn yard. The milk was carried up to milkroom where it was run through a separator. The skim milk was fed to calves and to hogs. In the 60's I bought a can cooler. Before the separator, the milk was poured into pans where the cream was skimmed and made into butter on the farm. Great grandmother won blue ribbons for her butter which was put into decorated molds. How low would the unemployment rate be if small farms and herds remained? And wouldn't small towns still be thriving? Thanks for the picture--Rand
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