A wooden churn. Its like is used to this day. In former times churning
was one of the tasks that many a farmer's boy had too much of. On the
lower end of the handle, which passed down through a hole in the center
of the cover, was a disk of wood, perforated and fitting loosely in the
tall tub. The tub was partially filled with cream and the butter was
made to "come" by moving the handle up and down and thus splashing the
disk up and down in the cream.