A finely-equipped plant—by many persons of experience and impartial judgment declared to be the best in all Pomona Valley—and one that reflects the highest credit not only on the proprietors who brought it into action and now maintain and operate it, but on the locality in which it is established, and which generously supports it, is the up-to-date and thoroughly sanitary dairy of Eakin Brothers, a firm composed of Charles M. and Freeman M. Eakin. Charles was born in Wausau, Wis., on December 28, 1890, and Freeman in Elgin, Ill., on August 19, 1892. The dairy is on East Cucamonga Avenue, Claremont, and is often visited by those interested in dairy problems and wishing to see an illustration of "the last word" in dairy science.
The father of these enterprising and well-informed young men was Rev. John A. Eakin, a devoted minister of the gospel, now deceased, who preached throughout the Middle West for many years and in 1909 came to Claremont. Here he established the dairy in a modest fashion, and later the sons took over the property and greatly enlarged and improved the same. Their mother was Jessie Morgan before her marriage, and she makes her home in Claremont.
There are ten acres in the ranch, and a fine modern barn for the thirty-five Holstein and Jersey cows. The stock is of the best, with the result that the milk and cream, 100 gallons of which are delivered daily to Claremont, is much sought by those appreciating the purest possible milk. The cow barn has cement floors and is sanitary in every way. The milk house, too, contains all the modern appliances and improvements. An electric brush is used for washing the bottles, and all bottles are placed in the sterilizing room, where they are steamed to a heat of 180 degrees. There is also a machine for cooling the milk, while the cement floors add to the coolness of the atmosphere.
Some of these strictly up-to-date arrangements are the result of serious study of dairying by the elder brother, Charles Eakin, who passed a number of seasons near Elgin, Ill., the great dairy district, and learned all the details of the business. He also attended the dairy school of the Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa, and thus further perfected himself. For nine months, too, he was a student at Pomona College, while Freeman, his brother, was graduated from that famous institution with the Class of '14. Pomona Valley may well congratulate these aggressive and enterprising young men of affairs.
History of Pomona Valley, California, with Biographical Sketches
of The Leading Men and Women of the Valley Who Have Been
Identified With Its Growth and Development from the Early Days
to the Present
Published in Los Angeles, Cal., by the Historic Record Company
1920
Transcribed by Linda Jackson 12/14/08, Pages 727-728
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