Brian lives on the old Weston Dairy property on palm row. You saw the picture of his milk barn in our dairy book. While cleaning out drawers in the milk house he found six milk bottle caps, all in good condition. Three of the caps were cardboard that capped over the top of the bottle and down around the side of the lip. The three caps are labeled "Westlake Farm -- Home of Weston Dairy, Lakeside-Calif." One cap was for old fashioned churned butter milk and two were for grade a pasteurized homogenized half and half.
  Three of the generic cardboard caps were round and flat and sat down into the lip of the bottle. They also were labeled "Westlake Farm -- Home of Weston Dairy, Lakeside-Calif." One cap was for half and half, the second for homogenized milk and the third was for Grade A pasteurized milk.
  In the mid 1950's cardboard tops were deemed unhygienic and banned in some locations.
  The Lakeside Historical Society Museum is very appreciative of the donation by Brian Silva of the six Weston dairy milk bottle caps.

  Eileen found a square one-half pint amber bottle. Most milk bottles were made of clear glass. This was logical since the consumer needed to see the milk to determine its quality. It was important that the milk was clean, pure and a nice color. Also seeing the depth of the cream line and the color of the cream was important in judging the quality of the milk.
  It is reported that the amber bottles were used for buttermilk.  Half pint amber bottles from San Diego are rare. At least six dairies in California are known to have used the square amber half pint bottle. In San Diego P.M.D. Association had a half pint made by the Weber Glass Company, pre 1920.
  In the late 1950's there was a concern that light could be breaking down the vitamins in the milk.
  The green glass milk bottles were used for egg-nog and are even scarcer than the amber. A few red glass bottles were made but the company decided they would not sell.
  One will also find purple or amethyst tinted milk bottles. These bottles were not intended to be that color. Glass is naturally an aqua color with a blue green tint. This was mainly due to the iron impurities in the sand. In order to make the class clear the makers bleached the glass with various chemicals. What the glass makers did not know was that exposure to the uv light from the sun would cause the glass to turn a purple.
  Thank you Eileen for this wonderful donation of a square half-pint amber bottle.

  Don found several important legal documents which tell some of the history of rocky home dairy.  One document was the June 29, 1949 articles of incorporation signed by the state of California Secretary of State, Frank M. Jordan.
  The second document was the insurance policy for the dairy.  Another document was an award of merit of 1943. This was a victory certificate for production of food for victory from the American Guernsey Cattle Club. This award was in recognition of outstanding husbandry and management that resulted in an increased production of food for victory by the Rocky Home management in 1943 as compared to1942.
  Another document was the Rocky Home Guernsey dispersal of the entire milking herd on September 20, 1948 at the farm in Lakeside, California. It is a booklet with information about all of the cows and bulls in the herd and the terms and conditions of their sale. The last document was the legal paper titled proposal to voluntarily dissolve the corporation, distribution of assets, other than money.
  Thank you Don for your generous donation of these interesting and valuable documents.

  Richard found a 3 1/2 x 5 inch Rocky Home Dairy calendar for the year 1967. In addition to the calendar it has a thermometer and is in a plastic type case with a stand.

  A Rocky Home Dairy bottle cap for sun filled orange juice. The cap is a foiled cap that goes around the lip of the bottle and down the side. This cap was found in St. Johns, MI.

  Three small Fletcher Hills Farms bottle caps. One cap is for half and half, one for nonfat milk and one for homogenized milk. He obtained these caps from Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

  From Livonia, New York a 1976 Rocky Home Dairy wall calendar with a picture of a darling little girl and her dolly. It is bedtime and she enjoying a healthy nightcap of Rocky Home Dairy milk.
  Thank you Richard for these wonderful dairy items.

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