Creamery

Creamery. Preparing milk for market. , The creamery was used for bottling and canning milk, making cheese, and churning cream into butter. The original creamery was attached to the Maine Coastal Ecology Center in 2001., Neighbors who stopped by to pick up their milk would mark off their name on a billing chart. Summer customers staying on nearby Drakes Island had milk delivered to their doorsteps., In the 1920s, people debated whether city dwellers should drink fresh, clean milk from healthy cows or pasteurized milk. Laudholm Farms chose to sell fresh, unpasteurized milk that had been tested for harmful bacteria. The creamery was built so milk could be processed away from the cows.,

By the Numbers , 1918 Construction completed , 608 Pounds of butterfat from Guernsey "Laudholm Delight" in 1920 , 3.4 Percentage butterfat in typical Holstein milk , 4.8 Percentage butterfat in typical Guernsey milk , 24,000 Pounds of milk produced annually by typical Holstein , 16,000 Pounds of milk produced annually by typical Guernsey , 18 Hours from milking to delivery of Laudholm Farms milk to Boston customers, Current Use: , Teaching Laboratory.