Dale Baker, Dixie Baker Kepler’s grandfather, bottled his own milk and distributed it from the farm. ”My sister has two bottles with the Dale Baker Dairy name on them. Bill Baker’s grandfather Leonard Dewey Baker delivered milk for Dale with this milk wagon and horse. (attached is a picture of Leonard Dewey’s milk wagon that
Category: Memories of Arcanum
Poultry Houses
1926-28 H B Hole Poultry House. Located at 112-118 North Street Arcanum. Arcanum Poultry House-Harvey Cook Smith Poultry & Produce Earl Lehman Stover & Hole Holl Poultry H B Hole, Inc. and Dairy Shuler Arcanum Poultry Arcanum Hatchery 103 North High. Was Arcanum Hatchery from 1945-46. Per Arcanum Business book. Pitsburg Youngs Harters Hatchery Thayers-Processer
Farming and Country Living 1920-1940’s
As told by Betty Sease to her daughter, Annette Sease Stewart Threshing Days According to my mom, the threshing machine would make its rounds in the farming community threshing the wheat. Neighbors would help each other. The farm wife’s would fix the huge meals consisting of ham or chicken, wilted lettuce from the garden, mashed
Almost a Century Farm
Family homestead built by the Condon’s around early 1900’s as original home burnt. The story of the Michael’s, Brumbaugh’s, Sease and Stewart farm families written by Annette Sease Stewart. EVERY FAMILY HAS A STORY….WELCOME TO OURS My Great-Grandpa and Grandma, George and Emma Michael, bought our homestead on Karr Road in 1928. George was the
Ag Implements of Southern Darke County
First New Idea Two-Row Corn Picker in Darke County around 1950’s. Hency’s Farm Service. Implements Alber & Heck Farm Alber Alber & Neff Wallace & Flory Wondle Farm Implements Kelch-Crow Chemical Co. G F Hapner & Son Farm Implements Agricultural Implements-Minnich & Pease Neff Implements Lytle Farm Implements Bailey Farm Service Hency;s Farm Service &
Southern Darke County Canneries, Greenhouses and Misc Ag Businesses
Cannery at 303 South Main Arcanum Cannery Shirley Canning Lutz Canning Schmidt Canning Greenhouses Arcanum Greenhouse-Harvey Wogoman (need photo) Arcanum Greenhouse-Beck & Wogoman Beck Arcanum Greenhouse & Green Thumb Ithaca Cromwell’s Greenhouse (need old photo) Misc Rife Dekalf Seed Corn Coblentz & Howell Pork Shippers Valentine Fertilizer Sales Smith Douglas Fertilizer on Alt. Rt. 49