THERE'S a yellow Prairie Farms 

 Crramery truck that the young I'arni 

 citizenry of central Illinois watch 

 with particular interest. It looks 

 just about like the other I'rairic Farms 

 trucks, but the contents are something a 

 little dilTerent. This truck operates out 

 of the Prairie Farms (Jreamerv of 

 liloomington. and the driver in adilition 

 to picking uj) cream and selling butter, 

 .^ells ice cream in three delicious flavors. 

 The liloomington plant is trying out 

 this ice cream delivery service to see 

 whether or not it is practical. The truck. 

 equipj)ed with a deep freeze compart- 

 ment, alternates over all of the routes of 

 the Bloomington [)lant. It travels the 

 creamery routes in McLean. DeVt itt. 

 Logan. Macon. Grundy. LaSalle. Liv- 

 ingston and part of Kendall coutitv. 

 The ice cream is loaded into the dceji 

 freeze comi)artmeiit in half <.'allon and 

 gallon cartons which bear the familiar 

 Prairie Farms endilem. 



So far the experiment has met with 

 great success. Now that so many farm- 

 ers have electric refrigerators and deep 

 freezers in their homes, ice cream has 

 come to be a regular item on the din- 

 ner menu. The farm youngster doesn't 

 have to wait until the folks go to town 

 to enjoy an ice cream cone. Mom can 

 dip into a gallon or half-gallon Prairie 

 Farms ice cream carton and put a 

 double dipper of ice cream into the 

 youngster's favorite type cone. The 

 cones are readily available at the gro- 

 cery .store. 



So far the Prairie Farms Creamery 

 of liloomington is making ice cream in 

 three flavors — vanilla, strawberry and 

 chocolate. These three flavors are car- 

 ried in Mitchell's truck. The ice cream 

 keeps in top condition in the deej) 

 freezer compartment so that it is de- 

 livered to the farm in the same shape 

 as if it were delivered o\er a store 

 counter. 



Mrs. Richard Gardner who lives with 

 her husband and two daughters. Betty 

 Jane. two. and Marv Ellen, four and one- 

 half years old. on a farm one and one- 

 half miles north of Wapella in DeWitt 

 countv. says that they use from one- 

 lialf to a gallon of ice cream per week. 

 ■"Our family, with the exception of 

 mv busban<l. really likes ice cream." 

 Mrs. Gardner said. 



Other Prairie Farms plants making 

 ice cream are Mt. Sterling. Carlinville. 

 and Hetirv. \\ lu'tlu-r or not these plants 

 will add ice cream delivery service de- 

 pends upon demand from the patrons. 



Betty Jane Gardner, left photo, has a firm 

 grip on a half gallon of Prairie Farms 

 strayt/berry Ice cream as she greets an old 

 friend, Ralph Bronning, former route driver 

 ind now fie/dman. Right: You don't have 

 :o go to town to get ice cream say Mary 

 Ellen and Betty Jane. 



Driver loren Mitchell 

 of the Prairie farms 

 Creamery of Bloom- 

 ington (top photo) Is 

 a welcome sight to 

 Mary [lien and Betty 

 Jane, daughters of 

 Richard Gardner, De- 

 Witt county. They 

 know his truck carries 

 Ice cream. 



Mrs. Richard Gardner, 

 DeWItt county, puts a 

 half gallon container 

 of Prairie farms Ice 

 cream In her deep 

 freeze. 



ICE CREAM -ry day 



Remeinber How Long You Used to Have To Turn The 

 Crank on the Home Freezer to Get Ice Cream. You Don't 

 Have To Do That In Central Illinois 



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