Macie King was an important partner with her husband James on the farm.  Not only did she keep house, raise their three children, feed her family and anyone else visiting the farm at mealtime, garden and preserve food, Macie was also instrumental in establishing the Farm Women’s Market in Bethesda, Maryland in the early 1930s.  In fact, Macie King was the first director of the Farm Woman’s Market which is still in existence.  More information about the Market can be found on their website of www.farmwomensmarket.com.

Macie King kept a busy schedule!  More info about her schedule can be found by perusing through this book at the display.

Most people today just purchase their mayo in the grocery store.  In the 1930s and 1940s grocery stores of today did not exist, so Macie had to make her own mayo.

Most milk was not homogenized – meaning the milk and cream were mixed together.  Milk was poured into a bottle and the cream would raise, so the home maker would use this utensil to separate milk and cream.

Living on a dairy farm, Macie did not have to purchase milk.  However, milk from their cows would be put in a milk bottle for the family to use and so Macie would use a utensil like this to separate the cream from the milk.

Macie would obtain the meat from her own farm as well, and would use this tool to grind the meat into chop meat for hamburgers and casseroles.

Store bought juice was not readily available, and certainly not instant mashed potatoes!  Macie would use these utensils for those jobs.  By the way, this white cabinet was in Macie’s kitchen.  It was donated to the MOOseum by her grandchildren who remember putting silverware away in the appropriate sections of this drawer for their grandmother Macie.