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There was a dairy located at 2046 Stillman Street, Selma, California at the turn of the 20th century. It was called Lloyd's Dairy or Stillman Street Dairy. Bill Lloyd ran a dairy on the north side of Stillman Street west of McCall Avenue for several years. The dairy corrals and barn have been gone a long time, but the Lloyd house still stands (now over 100 years old) at that site.

Everyone liked Lloyd's dairy. He delivered milk in a cart with a step on the back to stand on. He put the quarts and pints in a crate and hired two young boys to run to the houses with the full bottles and pick up the empties. He drove a big gentle horse that seemed to know where all the customers lived and stopped at all the places so the milk could be delivered. That was long before they pasteurized milk and it was sold raw. Tuberculosis among cattle wasn't common in those days.

The people started building homes north of downtown when the area got built up south and west of Selma's town site, but Lloyd stayed with his dairy until about 1915 or 1916. The neighbors didn't complain very much about the cattle, but building lots were selling good and fast. Bill Lloyd was a fine man. His friends told about how he'd leave milk at two or three places when he couldn't collect for it. There were three or four kids at each of the places and he said the kids needed milk.

A long ago reporter, L. R. "Tango" Johnston, who was a noted Selma history buff in his day, collected this information. The title of the column read "The way it was; Stillman Street's dairy". Additional information outside of the article: Pioneer Selma resident William Lloyd born June 11, 1852 passed away January 31, 1925 after a lingering illness. William Lloyd passed away at his home in Selma on a Saturday evening. He had been sick for over a year and had been confined to his bed for the past six months.

Mr. Lloyd came to Selma from Missouri in 1886 and had resided here continuously ever since. He was well known and held in high esteem by a large circle of friends. He was a native of Illinois, aged 73 years, 8 months and 20 days. He was survived by his wife, Jane (8/28/1861 - 2/10/1947) along with three sons, Frank and Walter of Fresno, and Ralph of San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd had another son, William "Willie", who was born in 1885 and died in 1913.

The home that they built is still in excellent condition and has become a wonderful home for us. Bill and Karla —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.31.170.51 (talk) 03:29, 29 December 2007 (UTC)