ORIGINAL 1905 MILK CART

The top of the cart is sheltered by a canopy, with decoration on the side which reads “By appoint to H.M The King” with “Express Dairy Co Ld” underneath. The top of the cart is fitted to carry an ample amount of milk bottles. Below this, there are two doors opening to reveal space for milk churns.

The milk cart is in an original condition, with all of its original paintwork and decoration.

A bit of history….

The cart once belonged to Lord Rayleigh Farms which at the time owned over 8,000 acres of farmland in Essex and Suffolk and supplied the people of London, including the royal household.

When the great agricultural depression of the 1880’s came, ruining many tenant farmers and causing them to abandon their farms it was physicist John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh at the helm. Fortuitously, his younger brother, Edward Strutt, was a keen farmer and countryman, so in partnership with his brother they took the land in hand and farmed it under the name of Lord Rayleigh’s Farms. Edward Strutt was an outstandingly successful farmer and businessman the secret of his success was establishing the mixed (arable and dairy) farming system. All costs, including the cows’ feed to individual milk yields were meticulously recorded to enable informed management decision making, and implement economies. His success at Terling soon came to the notice of other landowners, who asked him to manage their land.

Please note this item is NOT FOR SALE.

It is available to view with the other handcarts and the motoring collection when the shop is open…

OPEN Tuesday to Saturdays 9-4.

Pond Cottage

Brandsby rd

Stillington

York

YO61 1NY

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