We have an end over end churn It is three feet tall and seventeen and a half inches wide and it is a Hathaway make No. 4. It has round sides. We have had it ten years. On the bottom and side is the name of the maker and the number.
In Summer churning is done four times a week and in Winter once or twice a week.
If a stranger or visitor calls when churning is going on he churns awhile lest he might take the butter away on his back. The churning takes about twenty minutes. It is done by hand.
When the churning is done the glass on the lid of the churn is clear. In winter hot water is poured in and in summer cold water to help the churning and to separate the butter from the milk. The butter is taken up into a wooden trencher by the aid of the butter patts. The milk is washed out till it comes clear. Salt is put