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Up for offer is a rare Walker Gordon Farm Dairy wooden crate.
In early 1891, Dr. Thomas M. Rotch of Boston, MA determined that infant deaths could be greatly reduced by careful prescription feeding. He met with Mr. Gustavus A. Gordon, a scientist, and they came up with modified cow\'s milk in an effort to change a cow\'s milk to closer resemble human mother\'s milk. Mr. George H. Walker, a Boston businessman, was interested in the project and was the one who supplied the financing. The first laboratory opened in Boston on December 1, 1891.
The team decided that in order to produce a clean milk, they needed their own farm. So in 1897 Walker-Gordon purchased 180 acres of prime farmland in Plainsboro, New Jersey, a small village located in the center of the state, halfway between New York City and Philadelphia, on a main highway and a few hundred yards from the mainline Pennsylvania Railroad.Walker-Gordon’s products exceeded all of the standards of health for that time. They marketed \"Guaranteed Milk\" which later became known as \"Certified Milk\". Many of the concepts and procedures developed by Walker-Gordon are considered standard practices on today\'s dairy farms.
In 1929 the Borden Co. purchased Walker-Gordon.
