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WHITE MOUNTAIN CREAMERY METAL MILK CAN JUG BOTTLE NEW BREMEN OHIO BEATRICE FOODS
$ 52.8
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You are bidding on a vintage metal milk can from White Mountain Creamery of New Bremen Ohio. It is on good condition for its age and does not include a lid. It is 23" tall by 9 1/2" round at the bottom and 13 1/4" round at the top. In very good solid condition and has been painted at one time and paint is flaking. Has White Mountain Creamery New Bremen Ohio stamped in it. Buyer to pay UPS Ground shipping or pickup in Richmond Indiana is an option which is about 1 hour from New Bremen. If shipping calculator seems high email for exact quote. Please email questions and thanks for looking at my auction.Information below courtesy of New Bremen Ohio Historic Association.
In 1882, Louis Huenke began the sale of milk and butter, laying the groundwork for a business of far-reaching consequences. In 1884, he opened a creamery, the first in northwest Ohio, and named it the White Mountain Creamery Company.
The White Mountain Creamery pioneered the use of the
silo; one of the first silos was erected on its grounds. Huenke realized that farmers needed green feed for their cows to keep up milk production. He also knew that good farmers were leaving forty percent of the corn crop to spoil in the field because there was no way to store it. The company conducted early experiments with silos and alfalfa to store green feed for the cows. Mr. Huenke spread the news about better silage.
White Mountain merged with Beatrice Foods
in 1928 and processed butter, milk, ice cream,
condensed milk, and related products. The annual sales reached ,800,000.00 by 1933. The plant closed in the mid 1990'