We Make Butter

We Make Butter Young America Films 05:33:06 Dick & Jane visiting Cousin Billy’s farm, sit down to eat as Aunt Ruth wearing gingham apron or pinafore dress like Jane pours milk. Dick notices cream/butter fat in his milk, they talk about it (MOS) so Billy takes them to show how butter is made. 05:34:58 Aunt Ruth in milk house, shows kids how to check temperature of cream, skim it off milk into jars. Children sit in line shaking jars of cream in time to accordion music on soundtrack - VO “Shake that milk!” - look at yellow lumps in Jane’s jar. 05:37:54 Aunt Ruth shows them larger churn w/ hand-turned “dasher” - remaining milk worked out of butter. Dick drinks buttermilk left in his jar. 05:40:46 Salt added, one batch left unsalted for market. Butter pressed into molds. Aunt Ruth spreads butter on bread for children to eat; CU Dick smiling w/ milk mustache. Unusual titles. Dairy Food Manufacturing; Cooking; Nutrition; 1940s Rural Americana; Instructional Films;