The Beginning

Young's history begins in 1869 when relatives of the Young family built the red barn. Hap Young bought the 60 acre farm and house shortly after the end of World War II. For the next 10 years, Hap and his three sons, Carl, Bob, and Bill, farmed the 60 acres, plus up to 500 additional rented acres. They grew grain, raised hogs, and milked cows.

In 1958, the Young family decided to try to sell Jersey milk directly to the public. The first sales room was a modest operation. They built a 10 by 10 foot room onto the end of the milk room. The equipment was also modest -- some glass jugs, a refrigerator, a cash drawer, and the honor system. The customer would drive up, open the refrigerator, get his gallon of milk, leave an empty jug and the money, and drive away.

There was a market for farm fresh milk, so in 1960, they built and opened their first real dairy store. They started dipping ice cream in this store. They also added other dairy products, like cheese, and snack foods. This building is attached to the big red barn and is where they make their ice cream today.

Adding Family Fun Over the Years

Young's built the first part of the Dairy Store in 1968. They did this to have room to add a line of baked goods and sandwiches to the menu. They located the bakery in the old store. The bakery complimented the ice cream part of the business, especially in the winter months.

By 1972, more room was needed. They doubled the size of the new store building and moved the bakery production facilities over to it. They used the old store building for a variety of things. Today it is where they make all the homemade ice cream.

Between 1972 and 1990 they added additional parking, more seating for the restaurant, and expanded the kitchen area to keep up with the increased demand for sandwiches and meals. The latest big addition to the restaurant was in the spring of 1990 when they doubled the inside seating capacity and added a meeting room.

In 1993, Young's added the first activity at Udders and Putters -- an 18-hole, farm theme miniature golf course. 1995 marked the first year for the driving range. 1996 saw the addition of a state of the art nine position batting cage, which features softball and hardball pitching machines.

Young's opened a new full service restaurant, The Golden Jersey Inn in 1998. This beautiful timber frame building restaurant features great country style food with a generous helping of friendly service.

In 1999, Young's built Barnabe's Walnut Grove, a perfect place to have a group picnic, family reunion, class reunion, company picnic or any other function. Located just south of the popular Udders and Putters area, Barnabe's Walnut Grove can easily serve groups with home-cooked meals and delicious homemade ice cream from 50-3,500. Along with the addition of on-site catering, Young's developed Top Notch Catering, an off-site catering department. They cater weddings, banquets, celebrations, birthdays, company picnics and anything else you can think of. They work with customers hand-in-hand to come up with the perfect solution to their needs.

Young's built a new 18-hole miniature golf course in 2000 to keep up with the demand of challenging miniature golf and picnic customers. The courses are open year-round (even in the snow, if you are that interested in playing mini-golf).

In 2007, approximately 1,150,000 customers visited Young's Jersey Dairy.

Introducing Barnabe,

Cowtherine, Cafleen and Cowvin,

Young's Cow Family

Around 1990, Young's decided that they needed a mascot. And what better mascot to have than a cow? They thought one cow might be lonely, so they started discussing the possibility of a family of cows.

Dan Young (chief ice cream dipper and CEO of Young's Dairy) started thinking at home about the idea of a family of cows and mentioned something to his wife, Cathy about helping come up with the idea.

One of Cathy's friends had a husband, Dave Gullett who did art work on the side and brought the idea up to him. He designed a four cow family, a dad, mom, teen daughter and baby son.

After they had a picture of the cow family, they put it to the customers to name them. They named Cowtherine after one of the foremothers of the cow family, Cathy Young. The rest of the family was Barnabe (father), Cafleen (teen daughter) and Cowvin (the baby).

Young's Fabulous Customers

The customers have always been great. Local customers live within a three mile radius of the farm. They typically have been coming to Young's on a regular basis almost from the very beginning. Local customers have always been the backbone of Young's. They visit frequently, and they never hesitate to tell when they have an idea to use to improve service.

The second kind of Young's customer lives farther away. Young's gets about 70 percent of their customers from places like Xenia, Fairborn, Beavercreek, Springfield, Huber Heights, Dayton, Enon, and Cedarville. Many customers visit from the Columbus and Cincinnati areas several times a year. These customers usually don't visit as often as the local customers. They like to come to Young's with their family to visit the farm, pet the goats, play a game of miniature golf, have some homemade ice cream, and relax. They like to experience the friendly, farm country atmosphere.

Young's attracts mostly families. That is what they have designed everything here for -- family fun. Parents and grandparents love to bring children and friends to the farm and visit. Young's will always focus on families as the customer.

The Young's Tradition --

Family Entertainment

Young's service theme is "We Create Fun for Our Customers by Delivering the Best Customer Service, Everyday, with the Finest in Quality Products, in a Clean, Safe, and Entertaining Place." They keep this in mind when doing anything at Young's. Creating fun for customers -- families -- is why they are here.

While Young's sell a lot of food and ice cream, the main product is fun, education, and entertainment. They know they have to give the customers a reason to visit Young's. There are hundreds of places to get a meal or a dip of ice cream. Young's have to do a better job on service and quality to keep the customers happy and coming back.

Young's Small Town

American Celebration

BARBECUE Weekend and

Liar's Storytelling Contest

Saturday, July 4, 11 a.m. -8 p.m.

* Young's will cook a special Small Town America outdoor picnic meal at the new picnic shelter complete with delicious pulled pork barbecued sandwiches, barbecued Black Angus burgers, Adobo barbecued grilled chicken breasts, juicy hot dogs, sun-dried tomato artichoke pasta salad, barbecued baked beans, homemade cole slaw, home-fried seasoned chips, iced tea, lemonade, water and (of course) homemade ice cream. The new picnic shelter is located behind the Dairy Store

* The Small Town American Picnic includes all-day entertainment at Udders and Putters featuring two miniature golf courses, batting cages, the driving range, the new Cowvin's Fast Slide and all day access to Moovers and Shakers and Cowvin's Kiddie Corral

* Young's and the Yellow Springs Tale Spinners will provide entertainment with the first Liar's Storytelling Contest. Enjoy tall tales while enjoying great food and family fun.

The Golden Jersey Inn is a place to gather over a good, country home-cooked meal for conversation and a good time. The Golden Jersey Inn specializes in groups of family and friends. Children are very welcome.

The Golden Jersey Inn is located just to the north of the miniature golf course at Udders and Putters.

The main theme and vision of The Golden Jersey Inn menu is a focus on good tasting, fresh, home-style country cooked meals. While Young's is already associated with legendary ice cream, this menu associates Young's with a legendary home-cooked meal.

The customers want good tasting food when they eat away from home. The Golden Jersey Inn's aim is to deliver what the customers want. Most of the menu is traditional, with enough room to add creative and seasonal items. Desserts are a big part of the menu because of who Young's are and their reputation for great homemade ice cream.

The Building

The Golden Jersey Inn is a barn with open wood beam framing and wood plank siding. It was constructed with wood pegs and authentic style joinery very similar to the red barn that was built in 1869. The interior is really impressive with the big nine by 13 inch oak timber frames, and a ceiling over 30 feet high.

The Golden Jersey Inn seats about 170 guests. It has a gift shop located just inside the front entrance that doubles as a waiting area.

The Golden Jersey Inn features full table service with breakfast, lunch, and dinner being served.

DIRECTIONS

Young's Jersey Dairy is located on St. Rt. 68, one mile north of Yellow Springs, or eight miles south of Springfield, (6880 Springfield-Xenia Rd, Yellow Springs, OH 45387).

If you are driving from the South Dayton/Cincinnati area -- Take I-675 North to Exit 20 which is Dayton-Yellow Springs Road. Turn right at the exit onto Dayton-Yellow Springs Road and drive six miles into Yellow Springs. At the dead end stop sign, turn left onto St. Rt. 68. Young's Jersey Dairy is located a little over one mile north of Yellow Springs.

If you are driving from North/Dayton area -- Take I-70 East to exit 52A, which is Xenia (St. Rt. 68 South). Young's Jersey Dairy is located five and one-half miles south of I-70.

If you are driving from Columbus -- Take I-70 West to exit 52A, which is Xenia (St. Rt. 68 South). Young's Jersey Dairy is located five and one-half miles south of I-70.

HOURS

Summer Hours From June 2-Aug. 21

The Golden Jersey Inn -- Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.- 9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.

The Dairy Store -- Sunday-Thursday, 7 a.m.-11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 7 a.m.-midnight.

Dairy Store Gift Shop -- 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily.

Udders and Putters -- June, July and August, 9 a.m.-11 p.m.; September, 9 a.m.-10 p.m.