Re: technology in dairy

Posted by Donald in MN on February 19, 2022 at 18:54:03 from (67.40.247.63):

In Reply to: technology in dairy posted by Hoofer B on February 19, 2022 at 11:08:34:

grandpa bought our farm in 48 from his bil. in 52 dad started a dairy his older brother sold dairy equipment. dad bought a 500 gallon flat top bulk tank and 3 delaval bucket milkers. the big barn had 1/3 chickens 1/3 horses. this was remodeled into 5 rows of 7 cows. there were 2 silos a 14x40 and a 16x50. silage was hauled in a wheel barrow. after it was pitched out by hand. at this time hay was cut with horses and baled with a 77 nh baler. corn was picked with a mounted picker. and i belive grain was threshed. in 54 grandpa bought a IH 200 and fast hitch mower and a cunningham hay conditioner was purchased. corn was chopped and blown in the silo with a long hopper blower powered by the WD9 or the 460 on the belt. dads younger brother told me that they had to run the 460 for a few days with the ta back to get the carbon out. there were 2 wagons that were powered by an electric potable power rachet. and 1 hydraulic dump wagon. manure was pitched on the spreader by hand or a trip loader on the M.later on a 29 owatonna swather and 74 IH combine was purchesed. in 63 dad bought the farm from grandpa. about this time the chopping equipment was upgraded to a heavy duty gehl chopper 2 gehl self unloading wagons and a short hopper gehl blower and recutter to grind ear corn in the silo. in 64 dad put up a 16x60 silo. the old 77 baler was traded for a super 68 nh baler.also an 80 mccormick combine was purchased. in 66 dad built another 16x60 silo bought out his fil in 67 the barn was added onto hold 55 cows calves an barn cleaners were added there were 5 rows of cows so one row had to be pitched by hand. i was 11 at this time and i had been carrying milk at night with 10 quart pails with the bigger barn i couldnt keep up so a step saver was bought. also a feeding system and loafing barn was built. in 68 dad bought out his fil and he bought a 504 with a belly mower he got a JD crimper from his fil. around 71 we tried a haybine. and bought one the next year. he also bought a 275 NH baler and thrower and had 3 throw racks made. in 74 dad put in a pipeline. dad bought a 650 IH chopper and hay head and 2 910 gehl wagons. the M and 504 had been hauling out manure in the winter but with the extra cows dad had to get a 519 spreader and the 706 had to take over manure spreading. we had a windbreaker but dad never let us use it. in 76 he bought a 1086 we had some pretty brutal winters so then we used the 1086 in the winter. in 79 the barn cleaners were worn out so dad put in a manure pit and manure ram so hauling out in winter was over. in 90 dad got in a dairy partnership with a neighbor they were going to milk 200 head on different farms. in 96 i had to leave the dairy operation was mismanaged the equipment on dads place was always breaking down and the cows were being mistreated. the whole operation went out of business a year later dad died 2 years ago and left the farm to my brother and sister and was sold last fall.

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