Search
- Butter Churn, circa 1900 - This barrel churn was made by the Dobson Manufacturing Company of Rockford, Illinois. Users placed cream inside the barrel, closed the lid then turned the crank… and kept turning! "The Favorite" -- as the company named it -- relied on an end-over-end motion to agitate the cream and make butter.

- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Butter Churn, circa 1900
This barrel churn was made by the Dobson Manufacturing Company of Rockford, Illinois. Users placed cream inside the barrel, closed the lid then turned the crank… and kept turning! "The Favorite" -- as the company named it -- relied on an end-over-end motion to agitate the cream and make butter.