TRPQP Milk Bottle Zenda Farms Dairy Farm Clayton NY 1942 GOLDEN GUERNSEY VAR #1

Description: TRPQP Milk Bottle Zenda Farms Dairy Farm Clayton NY 1942 GOLDEN GUERNSEY VAR #1 Here is a nice tall round orange color pyroglazed quarter pint or gill milk bottle from the Zenda Farms Dairy Farm Dairy Farm Dairy Farm Dairy Farm dairy farm that once was owned and operated by Mr. Merle Youngs his family and located on Route 12E in historic Clayton NY New York in Jefferson Co. County NY. Pyro is different front and back. Front says, "Zenda Farms Golden Guernsey Clayton NY". Back says, "Zenda Farms Quality Products Clayton New York Golden Guernsey". Pyro is complete and bright. This authentic milk bottle is from 1942 and is in excellent condition with no cracks, dings, chips or casewear. A nice addition for the collector of Clayton NY New York or Jefferson Co. County NY milk bottles. I have been told that this is a very hard to find milk bottle from Clayton NY. Quarter pint or gill measure milk bottles were only used to bottle heavy whipping cream.Mr. Merle Youngs owned the Youngs Rubber Corporation and developed the Trojan brand of condoms. Zenda Farms was previously owned by Mr. James K. Hackett a noted actor in the play Prizoner of Zenda.In 1939, nearly a decade after he started visiting the Clayton area, Merle Youngs, a New York City industrialist, purchased the site from the estate of James K. Hackett. Mr. Hackett had been a noted actor whose most successful role was in the play "Prisoner of Zenda," for which the Clayton property was named. Mr. Youngs, a millionaire, was one of the founders of the Clayton Yacht Club. The summer resident was president of Youngs Rubber Corp., which became the Youngs Drug Products Corp. Mr. Youngs developed the Trojan brand of condoms. Mr. Kittle, a 1944 graduate of Clayton High School and a 1954 graduate of Cornell University, Ithaca, was working in Chicago as a researcher for Swift & Co. when he inquired about the Zenda Farms management position, which was open due to the death of manager Clinton Calhoun."I never had a real job interview," Mr. Kittle said. "I walked in his office and almost just as soon as I got in the door, a gentleman came in selling insurance. Mr. Youngs introduced me as his new farm manager."It was a short-lived working relationship. Mr. Kittle began his job in March 1958, and Mr. Youngs died of a heart attack at Zenda that October at age 71."As farm manager, you pretty much ran the show," Mr. Kittle said. "Mr. Youngs said the only time I had to consult with him was when I bought machinery. That was his thing — he liked to buy machinery."Mr. Kittle said Mr. Youngs had two hobbies: yachting and farming. It appears Mr. Youngs wasn't into farming for financial rewards."But he didn't want to lose too much money," Mr. Youngs said. "He told me, 'The only way we're going to come close to breaking even is if we go out and buy more land.'"At one time, the farm consisted of about 800 acres, including land on nearby Carleton Island. Mr. Youngs bought the 1,350-acre island in the 1940s.n n nMr. Kittle walked up the driveway and into the main barn building, where a cool breeze met him and his guest. During its dairy days, the building housed a herd of Guernseys. He pointed to the windows behind the abandoned stalls, where he said Mr. Youngs had "electric screens" installed that would kill insects. "That's why his bacteria counts were so low in his milk."The farm's creamery contained the first automatic bottler in the area. Mr. Youngs was a stickler for cleanliness in his dairy products, Mr. Kittle said, so much so that in the 1940s, it cost the farm $4 a quart to produce milk. "He told me it sold for about 10 cents a quart," Mr. Kittle said. "The quality of milk here was unmatched."He added, "The bacteria counts got so low, it didn't even taste like milk. The bacteria is what gives milk some of its flavor."The farm eventually switched to an all-beef operation. According to a 1947 Times story, 110 Guernseys were auctioned for $31,500 to farmers from as far away as Mississippi. A year later, the Times reported on the establishment of a herd of 450 white-faced Herefords on Carleton Island. Beefcattle were also kept on the mainland farm. A 1966 Times story said there were more than 800 animals at the two locations.The farm employed 10 full-time workers and nearly two dozen workers in the summertime, Mr. Kittle said.When Mr. Youngs died in 1958, his estate was split between his wife and his friend and business partner John C. MacFarlane of Englewood, N.J., who inherited the greatest portion of Zenda along with Youngs Rubber Co. Mr. MacFarlane took over operation of the farm.Mr. Kittle said that Mr. MacFarlane's management style was even more hands-off than his predecessor's, and they never talked business — even when Mr. Kittle thought they should."I knew we were going to be short of hay one year," Mr. Kittle said. "I went all the way to New York City to meet him. We went on a boat ride instead. I ended up leaving not knowing anything more than when I got there."Mr. Kittle became an executive at Youngs Rubber Co. in 1978, as the farm operation dwindled. He had some experience in the condom field based on his experience at Swift & Co."We gradually got out of the beef business (at Zenda) and we ended up pasturing cattle and finally just cutting hay," he said.Mr. MacFarlane sold Carleton Island to the Patten Corp. Northeast, Stamford, Vt., in 1986. He sold Youngs Drug Product Corp. in 1987 to the Carter-Wallace Corp. of New York City. Mr. Kittle continued to work for the company but lived in Clayton."I just needed to be near an airport," he said.In 1997 Mr. MacFarlane and his wife, Lois Jean, donated the farm buildings on Route 12E and 130 acres of the farmland at Zenda off Route 12E to TILT.Mr. MacFarlane died in 2007 at the age of 82.n n nTILT uses the 130-acre farm, which is on the tax rolls, as a grassland preserve and as a functioning hay farm. The proceeds from the sale of hay are used to pay the property taxes. My Policies: Pyroglazed milk bottles come filled with white milk bottle beads or white polyfill. Embossed bottles are not filled with beads. Bottles come with original milk bottle caps. Caps will be from the same dairy only when available. Please bid with confidence. I am a long time member of the National Association of Milk Bottle Collectors. I will combine shipping to save you some money. I am a very careful packer. Thanks for looking! 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