Foundation Journal

The best I can do today is share photos and a report from Jane Quinn on her field trip to Shatto Milk Company with her second grade class. I originally planned to join her but spent the day in Topeka for an agency conference for the area food bank. Jane grew up on a dairy farm near Amity, Missouri a few miles from the fast-growing Shatto Dairy in Osborn, Missouri. Shatto has 425 dairy cows milked twice a day, requiring 35 farm workers to handle the full operation of milking, milk production and bottling the product. The dairy has a 2000 gallon holding tank where they produce a variety of milk and cheese products that are available in local grocery stores. She has always maintained a fondness for farm life, especially the dairy farm variety. The farm she grew up on maintained a 50 dairy cow herd during the 1970's when she grew. She was eager to share the dairy farm on the field trip not only for Shatto's success at locally produced, small farm milk production but also f...

December 24, 2004 - Jane's Dad -- Francis Hainey passed away in May 2010 -- talked about some of his life growing up, including his work life, during our visit to the farm where she grew up. His family sold milk in Barnard, Missouri directly to the community -- bottled and delivered the milk. Quart bottle with cream from Jersey cows sold for 8 cents per quart, skim milk sold for 10 cents per gallon, and a pint of cream for 8 cents until 1950. The last milk producer along Highway 6 near St. Joe was overwhelmed by the large producers. Francis talked about other memories including the time when his Dad partnered with Joe Eaton on getting a mule train when he wanted. Lathrop acted as a central market for distribution to supply World War I packs, also used in the south for cotton farming. Francis used mules for transporting mail when a car couldn't traverse the muddy roads. Francis would drive a mail buggy when he was 18 sometimes. Francis' Dad acted as a substi...