Farmer Builds Butter Churns

Farmer Builds Butter Churns FARM HOME Food 27-6-30 Enos Yoder, Park City, Ky., has been keeping the art of butter churning alive for more than three decades. In that time, he's made and sold about 360 churns. Yoder, 69, says churn-making has always been a sideline business for him, but since he's retired from farming, he has more time to work on them. Yoder makes his hand-cranked churns from white cedar staves with stainless steel hoops to give them years of useful life. He cuts and shapes all the staves himself. "I have used other types of wood, including redwood, but white cedar is lighter than most other woods and I have no trouble getting it," he says. "I'd heard that the original churns of this type were made of white cedar. I looked them up in an old Sears catalog and the ones sold there were white cedar. So that makes mine original." He makes churns in three sizes. The smallest, which holds 2 to 3 quarts, measures 10 by 8 by 12 in. high. His medium churn is 13 by 10 by 15 1/2 in. high, and holds 7 to 8 1/2 quarts. The largest one holds 12 to 13 quarts and is 12 by 15 by 18 in. tall. Prices are $70, $77.50, and $85 for the small, medium and large churns, respectively. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Enos A. Yoder, 156 Shady Oaks Lane, Park City, Ky. 42160.

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