Dairying Bygones by Arthur Ingram

Dairying Bygones by Arthur Ingram

Dairying probably originated in Neolithic times, when man first began to keep livestock. At first sheep and goats were the chief sources of milk but by the sixteenth century the cow had become the principal diary animal. At this period most cottagers had their own cow and processed its products for their own use. But by the mid eighteenth century many farmers were specialising in the production of milk, butter and cheese for sale. Victorian farmers who could afford to equipped their farms with modern dairies and the latest appliances; the less affluent made do with older and more homely equipment. Farm dairies were gradually superseded by large factory-based firms, but many of the objects used by many of the old farmers and country folk, such as milking stools and pails, churns for making butter, butter beaters, cheese vats, curd knives, and cheese presses, can be seen in museums, particularly in those devoted to rural life and old farming practice.

The late Arthur Ingram had a great interest in old agriculture and rural life, and amassed and curated a collection of over 1100 'rural bygones'.

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ISBN 13	9780852638668
ISBN 10	0852638663
Title	Dairying Bygones
Author	Arthur Ingram
Series	Shire Album
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2008-04-20
Number of pages	32
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