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One of the ways that the Wittebrothers earned money, besides Caleb working a slew of jobs at his young age due to the passing of his and his brother's parents, was by making and selling their own homemade butter.
The boys ran a stand that they both shared, which was basically the kiddy equivalent of running a lemonade stand in the 1600s.
Being that Caleb and Philip had responsibilities, the process of making the butter was relatively easy.
Caleb was in charge of gathering the milk and making it into cream, before separating said cream from the milk and aiding his little brother in pouring the creamy contents into thier single barrel.
Once that task was completed, both boys took hold of their wooden plunger and placed it into the lid of their dash churn.
The next step they took was to start churning the cream from their barrel into butter.
Since Philip was so short, he had to stand on something while he helped his big brother keep their butter pole in constant motion.
Both boys enjoyed the peaceful activity immensely.
When Philip's arms grew tired from the dasher pole, Caleb would tell him to take a break and take lead in churning the remaining cream, eventually turning it into butter.
Did the brother's butter business become a huge success?
Not exactly, but they did earn a fair amount from selling it to some their neighbors and used their butter money to buy the small necessities that they needed to survive.
Such a fact can be found in the history books and textbooks of modern-day Gravesfield, as well as on the back of butter packaging boxes titled 'Wittebutter' and 'Butterbane'.