LONGACRE'S MODERN DAIRY

Approximately 100 years ago, in the early 1920's John S. Longacre, father of Daniel E. Longacre would rise early with the sun, milk his herd of dairy cattle on the farm and begin his daily milk deliveries to neighboring homes in the villages of Barto & Eshbach communities in Berks County... Refrigerators did not replace the cold cellars until the late 1920's making it essential to have milk delivered two or three times daily. Traveling by horse-drawn wagon, John sold 100 to 200 quarts of RAW milk daily, dipped directly out of a large 10-gallon metal milk can placed securely on the back of his wooden wagon.

Also known as: Longacre's Modern Dairy, Inc.