The round barn in yesterday’s picture had a milkhouse next to it, and many of the milkhouses were built of stone or concrete for better insulation so long after the wood barn is gone, the milkhouse may remain as testimony of a dairy farm which once existed.
On some farms the early milkhouse and pump house were in the same building and later milkhouses would be next to the barn after sanitary regulations required that the milk be stored outside of the stable area. Windmills would pump water to the cold water reservoirs which held the milk cans waiting for pickup.
Milkhouse of Yesterday
