2018.018.153 [Bottle]

This is a glass, quart-sized milk bottle with a bulb-shaped neck which was owned and distributed by the Carnation Company out of Waterloo, Iowa. This particular bottle was manufactured in 1948. The Carnation Company was started in 1929 and acquired by the Mississippi Valley Milk Producers' Association, Inc. in 1971. The larger company would later change its corporate name to the Swiss Valley Farms Co. The Carnation brand would still appear on products until the Swiss Valley brand name was phased out in 1978. This content can be used with the following resources: SS-Econ.9-12.24: Iowa Economy Impact Upon SS 4.26: Changes to Agriculture The acquisition of the Carnation Company by the Mississippi Valley Milk Producers' Association, Inc. can be used in economics lessons to educate students about the ways in which larger trends in Iowa economic policy results in the merging of two business entities. It can also be used to demonstrate how such trends result in great change to the overall agricultural production industry in Iowa, particularly at the local level. For any use other than instructional resources, please check with the organization that owns this item for any copyright restrictions.