Wapsie Valley Creamery Adopts Continuous Buttermaking Pact
Wapsie Valley Creamery in Cedar Rapids installs the Cherry Burrell continuous buttermaking system, the only such plant in exclusive use, with 2000 pounds of butter per hour from 30 to 40 percent fat cream. The process, developed with Sugar Creek Creamery, heats to 120 F, separates to over 88 percent fat, and standardizes to 80 percent fat, producing pound and quarter-pound cartons.
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Wapsie Valley
Kentucky
Ohio
Minnesota
Cherry-Burrell
Sugar Creek Creamery Company
Danville
Ill
Sugar Creek Creamery
Cherry- Burrell Corporation
Orr
Jolivette Studio
Chicago
Wapsie Valley Creamery
Continuous butter making process at Cedar Rapids plant
Visitors from around the world watch the Wapsie Valley Creamery in Cedar Rapids demonstrate a continuous buttermaking line. The system runs 2,000 pounds per hour, improving sanitation, reducing labor, and producing a fine textured butter with uniform salt and moisture.
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Orr
Frank Orr
Cedar Rapids
Wapsie Valley
University of Kentucky
Texas Technical College
University of Georgia
Stockholm
C. F. Weinreich
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Sweden
International Dairy Congress
Diary Fragment from Country Life Notes
Daily diary entries recount small rural tasks and weather from Sunday to Wednesday. The passages mention Bible reading at dinner, fruit canning, school memories, wild plums and corn, silage, pickling, a sighting of a groundhog, hay fever, and hat loss to a silo, ending with pickling and sealing jars.
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Jim
Poland
Deering
Little Wonder
Massey Harris
Oliver
McCormick M & H
Lakeside
Wood Bros
Litchfield
Rock Island
Dane
Studebaker
Iawa
Riteway
Bridies
Hudson Oil
Clinton
Orlo Meyer Morris Long
Vinton State Bank
Ladies of Urbana Christian Church
Old Settler Day Prep and Harvest Diary at Postville
A diary style report details corn stalk decor for Old Settler's Day in Postville. Jim and Jane engage in garden tasks, canning, and food prep while noting weather and harvest progress from Thursday to Saturday. The entry mentions corn, foxtail, grape juice, peach preserves, and a wood range fire, with family activities and neighbor visits.
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Jim
Jane
Cindy
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Gazette Farm Editor Rex Conn Broadcasts on KCRG
Rex Conn, editor of Gazette Farm, delivers two daily broadcasts on the KCRG station. The repeated segments cover farm news, weather outlooks, and market updates for local growers and rural communities.
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Rex Conn
Gazette Farm Editor
Gazette
KCRG
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Lorraine
E. C. Marston
Robert Doerring
Luana
Michael Klein
Yankton
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Plesse
Uaels
Rile
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Marion, Iowa
Springville
Iowa
Charley Weaver
W. F. Mitchell
Bud Smith
Auds
C. J. Emmons
State
Vinton
Urbana
America
Happel & Sons
Third Avenue
McCalley's Durocs
Forrest L. McCalley
Alburnett, Iowa
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