Thought I knew every place name in Washington, but Wickersham is a new one. Where is (was) it?
We had 45 cows, from about '50 to '61, about 30 miles south of Olympia, WA. We didn't have tie stalls like the pictures (they're generally only used in cold climates), but a loafing barn with stanchions to feed, and a 4 stall milking parlor with 2 Surge bucket milking machines. Cows standing in the holding pen, run them in 2 at a time for milking. Hang the milkers with surcingles (straps over the back of the cow, with a rod at the bottom to hang the milker on. Dump the milk from the milkers into a strainer, that had a pipe to the bulk tank in the other room.
Fed brewer's malt (from the Olympia brewery) and alfalfa- Alfalfa was $33 a ton including $10 a ton shipping. Irrigated pasture in the summer- sisters and I changed the pipes all summer. When we got to the other side of the pasture, had to carry them all the way across and start over- a pretty big job. Got the bright idea to use the horse- tied 2 on each side of the saddle.
Worked fine until we got into a patch of rocks- the sound echoed up the pipe right into horse's ears, and she spooked- bent up a couple of pipes, and dad was not happy. Remember watching Sputnik go over in '57 in the evening, while we were changing pipes.
I liked growing up on the dairy, but it sure was steady work. . .
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