Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, June 07, 1980, Image 181

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Dairying’s
Past
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And cheese is yet another
product with its own set of
antiques.
Highly prized are both the
round cheese boxes and the
tin molds once utilized in the
packaging and making of
cheese.
In the case of the boxes, a
nest of matched varying
sizes is the goal of many
collectors.
Of course, there are many
other items from dairying’s
past that can be collected.
These can range from the
variety of dippers used to
take a satisfying drink of
milk from the container kept
in the spring house to the flat
ladles for skimming off the
cream.
The advent of the ice
cream industry added yet
another phase. Tm is a
popular collector’s field for
ice cream artifacts, ranging
from early cone scoops to the
all-tin home freezers that
had to be dried on top of the
wood range.
But among the more
unusual collectibles is the
early bam stall signs,
usually hand-punched in tin.
In those earlier days
before AI and primary
concern with pedigrees and
production records, a stall
sign above a prize dairy cow
read much more simply than
today.
It usually read something
like:
“Betty -
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One of the most primitive of dairying antiques
heart, a popular decoration particularly amon;
carved into tub handles. Heart motif is '
Cream separator was used in many dairy farm kitchens. Many larger'versions
were also made.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 7,1980—Cl
is small round butter tub. Thi
Pennsylvania Dutch, is hand
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