North Country At Work

Cheese being poured into 40 pound blocks at the McCadam Cheese Company plant in Chateaugay, circa 1970. Chateaugay, NY. Originally printed in the Ogdensburg Journal.

Stanley K. McCadam observes muenster cheese being prepared at the Chateaugay McCadam cheese plant, circa 1970. Chateaugay, NY. Originally printed in the Ogdensburg Journal.

Lionel Davis Jr. and Ron Davis in the McCadam Cheese Company processing plant in Chateaugay, NY. Circa 1970. Originally printed in the Ogdensburg Journal.

Two dairy farmers showing their prize Holsteins in Downtown Heuvelton during the annual Black and White Dairy Cattle Show. Circa 1930s. Heuvelton, NY. The audio clip attached is a recording of Bryan Thompson, who grew up near Heuvelton.

Dairy farmers lined up with their prize Holsteins in downtown Heuvelton during the annual Black and White Dairy Cattle Show. Circa 1930. Heuvelton, NY. The audio clip is of Bryan Thompson, who grew up near Heuvelton.

The Black and White Dairy Cattle Show in downtown Heuvelton, during which dairy farmers showed their Holstein cattle. Circa 1920. Heuvelton, NY. The audio clip is from Bryan Thompson, who grew up near Heuvelton.

The Black and White Dairy Cattle Show in downtown Heuvelton, during which dairy farmers showed their Holstein cattle. Circa 1920. Heuvelton, NY. The audio clip is from Bryan Thompson, who grew up in St Lawrence county.

Gladys Bovee going out to milk in 1917. She was one of nine Bovee children who lived and worked on the family’s Jefferson County farm. From an article written by Gladys’s sister, Evelyn Constance Bovee in the Watertown Daily Times, published on November 17, 1982. Related article on dairy farming here.