North Country At Work

M.R. Lee with children Chester and Douglas on wagon with milk cans, heading to a cheese factory. Circa 1920. Dexter NY. Related article on early transport of milk here.

Lloyd Storie, left, and James Matteson surrounded by freshly washed milk cans at Philadelphia Milk Producers Co-op before its closing in the late 60s. All producers cans which were labeled with individual producers farm numbers were washed after receiving the milk. Circa 1960s. Philadelphia, NY. The audio clip is of Frieda Kent, talking about the dairy […]

Donald and “Doll” (the horses) drawing milk cans to a Philadelphia cheese factory, driven by unidentified man. 1930. Philadelphia, NY.   Check out our series on the changes in dairy transportation here.

James Chambers (left) and William Green milking cows at Greenhill Dairy Farm at Northrups Corners. Circa 1940s. Heuvelton, NY. Related story here; the audio clip is about Heuvelton’s dairying history, and is from Dave Kingsley.

Maude Mahaffey hand carrying milk pails to the milk house. 1950. Boonville, NY.

Anne Vineyard milking a cow on Horseshoe Road outside of Heuvelton. She converted her 40-head herd to a three times a day milking schedule in the 1970s. Originally published in an Ogdensburg Journal insert called Rural News, published July 8, 1975. Heuvelton, NY.

Howard Hutchinson and his son Lee Hutchinson with their new 800-gallon bulk tank. Left to Right: Fred Selleck, Lee Hutchinson, Bruce Selleck, Lowell Goodison, Charles Kennedy of Canton, service man for the Dairymen’s League. Originally published in the Ogdensburg Advance Journal. 1969. Heuvelton, NY.

Ron Kiah, packaging supervisor, cuts blocks of cheese into consumer-sized blocks for packaging and shipping to McCadam Cheese Company’s national markets. Inside the McCadam Cheese Company processing plant in Chateaugay, NY. Circa 1980. Originally printed in a 1984 Ogdensburg Journal. Click here to check out our story on how cheese helped build Heuvelton.

The McCadam Cheese Company’s Heuvelton laboratory for technical control, and for testing of butterfat, moisture, and sediment. Originally printed in a 1948 Ogdensburg Journal. Heuvelton, NY.

Blocks of cheese aging. Blair Davis and Lionel Davis observe the process at the McCadam Cheese Company plant in Chateaugay, circa 1970. Chateaugay, NY. Originally printed in the Ogdensburg Journal.