Ya know,
I'm beginning to get a bit steamed here. Cows are getting more attention on these boards than I am! Mooo! When I was much younger I had to milk a couple of cows before I went to school in the morning. Of course the cows were way out in the field when it was time.

However we had a dog and all I had to say to him was Go get the Cows! He would bring them to the barn. My mom would skim off the cream and put it in sealed jars We would put the jars in a concrete trough down over the hill that was fed by water coming out of the hill side.

Whenever we needed butter I would go down and retrieve a jar of cream. I would shake it as I came back up to the house. I would have butter before I got back to the house. We didn't have a refrigator or electricity at the time. My mother canned everything for food storage. Tell these kids about those things today. They wouldn't believe it.

Ray E. Strode