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Dairying Equipment

Date: 09 26 1924
Description: View of two stands in a room, one holding a metal container with a spout. Milk pails are sitting along the wall in the background, and the text on the room...
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McCormick-Deering Engine

Date: 08 22 1921
Description: McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 h.p. engine powering a Primrose cream separator, a churn, and a washing machine on the farm of A.L. Bishop.
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McCormick Primrose Cream Separator

Date: 09 03 1924
Description: A McCormick Primrose cream separator sitting in the corner of a room.
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McCormick Primrose Cream Separator on Farm

Date: 1922
Description: A milking machine and an electric enamel Primrose cream separator in a room on the farm of Mr. Jerry Bacon.
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Man using Cream Separator

Date: 1925
Description: A man is turning the crank of a McCormick Primrose cream separator.
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Murrow and his Cows

Date: 08 1955
Description: Journalist Edward R. Murrow contemplates his herd of Holstein-Friesian cows on his farm. He sells the milk to a local distributor.
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Swiss Man Making Cheese

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Description: A man wearing Swiss clothing making cheese in Switzerland.
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Jorden Prairie Cheese Factory

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Description: Interior view of the Jorden Prairie Cheese Factory showing Swiss cheese presses on a bench.
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Barn Interior

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of a dairy barn with cattle stalls or stanchions with piles of hay lining either side of a middle aisle.
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Man Cleaning Barn Gutter

Date: 08 1930
Description: A man using a shovel and a litter carrier on a track system to clean the gutter of a dairy barn at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. Th...
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Spreading Superphosphate Over Manure

Date: 10 1930
Description: A man spreading superphosphate from a bucket onto manure near cattle stanchions in a barn.
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Hamptom Institute

Date: 1941
Description: A view of the working dairy barn taken from the central alley of the barn. The cows face inward toward the alley, and the barn employs stanchions to keep t...
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Man with Milking Equipment

Date: 1915
Description: A man wearing a bowler hat, tie, and suspenders is holding milking equipment while standing near a row of cows inside a barn. Another man is standing in th...
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Milk Storage

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Description: After the milk is picked up at the farm, it is stored in tanks that hold up to 25,000 lbs. and is held at temperatures of 38 to 40 degrees.
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Pasturization

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Description: The milk is pasteurized for the first step in the cheesemaking process. Milk is heated to 161 degrees, held at that temperature for 15 seconds, and then co...
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Frozen Cultures

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Description: Close-up of a container of the frozen cultures which are added to the milk for the development of lactic acid in the cheesemaking process.
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Coagulation

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Description: Two men working in a vat that has been filled with pasteurized milk and to which rennet (an extract from a calf's stomach) has been added, which coagulates...
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Curds and Whey

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Description: The milk, after cutting, has been transformed into curds and whey. The curds are comprised of the solids in the milk and the remaining whey is the liquid p...
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Brick Cheese Forms

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Description: Workers are busy filling the stainless steel Brick Cheese forms with curds.
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Brick Cheese Production

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Description: Each Brick of cheese weighs out at approximately 5 pounds. The general rule of thumb is that it takes 10 pounds of milk to produce 1 pound of cheese. A 5 p...

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