re: #418 OldLineTexan

My paternal grandfather raised beef until the Dust Bowl wiped him out. He had a dairy farm for a while, and never gave up the last milk cow. I never personally had any of the milk. My grandmother threw out the cream separator as “junk” in the ‘70’s, then learned it was an “antique” in the ‘90’s. ;)

My maternal grandfather was raised on a family dairy and left ASAP. ;)

My in-laws kept a milch cow until their health forced otherwise. When we went through the belongings after they passed, we found two of the newfangled butter churns (that have a crank, and paddles in a glass jar) and several of the old-fashioned butter churns that you work the dasher up and down by hand with.