The Milk Can Stand was a familiar sight and one that could be seen next to township roads during the years of area condensers. The wooden stands held the 10-gallon milk cans and were built by the dairy farmers who sold their milk to the Pet Milk Company. The previous evening's and next morning's milk was put into 10-gallon cans. The farmer loaded his cans onto his pickup, hauled them down his lane and placed them on the wooden platform. A contract milk hauler for Pet Milk, on his daily route, would pick up the cans, delivering them to the processing plant. At the same time, the hauler would leave the previous day's empty cans on the platform for the next day's use. The information from "An era that was, that will never be again" was shared with the National Historic Cheesemaking Center by former cheesemaker and active member Fritz Kopp. Questions or comments may be directed to Mary Ann Hanna at 608-325-4324 or nhcchistory@yahoo.