Note 33 — HISTORICAL NOTES

Ibid. Schlebecker discussed the possibility of dairying as follows: “It’s very likely he was in the business. Now whether it was butter or cheese—butter would pay better, and he is pretty close to Alexandria and Washington, and, for that matter, by sea to Baltimore. Butter would have been the more attractive of the commodities; cheese would keep better, could be shipped farther and find a greater variety of markets, but wouldn’t pay quite as well. But I don’t see evidence he was in the cheese business, and I’d be happier if I saw more churns on the list, or if the churn were better described. One churn would be enough if it were big enough. And it could very well be run by a sheep or a dog. You see, he’s certainty got enough cows to be in the dairy business, willy nilly.” (Transcription of tape-recorded interview with John Schlebecker, February 26, 1969, p. 6.)