Coppersmith Keith Moore helps lady friend Sue Brooks understand the production of copper kettle products at the D. Picking Co., in Bucyrus during a recent visit.

THE D. PICKING Co., est 1874--

                                   

A century-old slice of a well worn tree log helps form the concave shape of copper kettles used in Apple Butter production as they are pounded into uniform smoothness with a large wooden mallet (left).

In the lower photo John Butt uses one of very few mechanical tools used in kettle production in the Bucyrus shop.  Please stop by Saturday and enjoy our tour of this ageless facility.  We certainly did.