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| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | A man stands by a 6 can milk cooler holding a metal basket of milk jars at the Roland Schrap Dairy Farm. To the right of a door is a cream separator. A win... |
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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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| 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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| Description: | There is some cream in the whey, which is extracted by pumping the whey through this cream separator (a Westfalia Centrifuge). |
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| Description: | The slabs of cheese are put through a curd mill, which makes the popular Cheddar Cheese Curds. |
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| Description: | The Retzlaff's own this antique potato planter, which was purchased from Ed Radke, a long time Theresa resident. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | This antique corn sheller is still in working condition in the Straub barn. |
| Date: | 04 1987 |
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| Description: | City children visit the O'Connor farm for a hands-on experience. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hayloft of the barn, with a wagon full of hay bales, an empty wagon, and a conveyer sitting in the center of the loft. |
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