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Churning Butter

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Citation

Unknown. 1994. “Churning Butter.” Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library. Accessed November 16, 2025, https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/1069.

Transcription

Mrs. Grace Herr churns butter on her farm home outside Lockport, Niagara County, New York. She has been doing it this way for the last ten years. July 1944.