Dasher Butter Churn
Title
Dasher Butter Churn
Subject
Churns--19th century--Pictorial works . Agricultural implements--United States--History--19th century--Pictorial works .
Description
This is a photograph of a dasher butter [plunge] churn , which was common in the 19th century . the hand-operated wooden plunger (or dash) stirs the cream until it clumps together . The excess liquid is then drained . During the Civil War , butter and cheese were made at home . With the improvements in transportation , milk no longer had to be processed into cheese or butter before it was sold . Many farmers still made butter and cheese at home , howeverl , and sold it to markets during the war . Sources : Fletcher , Whitcomb W . Pennsylvania Agriculture and Country Life 1840-1940 . Harrisburg : Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission , 1955 . Print . Gates , Paul W . The Impact of the Civil War : Agriculture and the Civil War . Ed . Nevins , Allan . New York : Alfred A. Knopf , Inc , 1965 . Print . "churn ". Encyclopedia Britannica . Encyclopedia Britannica Online . Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. , 2012 . Web . 19 Jun . 2012 .
Time Period Covered
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Digital Format
application/pdf
Identifier
Vince's Agriculture Project Vol. I
Source
The Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County, PA; Agriculture Project
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Contributing Institution
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Sponsorship
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Language
English
Contact
For additional information contact: The Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County, PA, 621 Wayne Avenue, Indiana, Pa 15701, 724-463-9606. Email ichistoricalsociety@gmail.com.
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