Re: When Dad quit milking

Posted by Farmallb on November 22, 2009 at 16:57:36 from (12.74.222.57):

In Reply to: When Dad quit milking posted by 36 coupe on November 21, 2009 at 17:20:08:

Dad and grandad had milked together for decades, as dad said his dad said his dad, my great grandad quit milking as soon as his son, my grandad could do it. In the early, mid fifties, mom started me out on the seperator. I was too little to start it for a while, but she would get it started, then when the bell quit ringing on the handle, I would take over, and hel be raised if that bell started up again. Well, then grandad got to old to milk, and died a few years later, and I carried the milk from the barn to the house while my younger brother took over my seperator job. Then I graduated to milking. By the way, I seem to remember that it seemed like it was a mile from the house to the yard light, then another mile to the house, especially when the ceyotes were howling, or Id see an owl or a bat cross the light. So me and dad milked and my brother ran the seperator. BUT when he got old enough to milk, dad bought a new flat belt Wards electric seperator. I couldnt understand why the motor didnt burn up starting up that slow. We three around 10?12 cowsk man would come to the house walk where we had the milk cans ready for him, big 10 gal for the milk, and thee 5s for the cream. I think we had 4 10s and 2 5s, but im not for sure, nor am I sure how often in the week he came, BUT, I do know we had the biggest milk check on the route, A fact mom mentioned many times as told by the delivery guy. He also delivered the milk check if memory serves me rightly. Dad had an 48 H Farmall by that time, and a new Wards hammermill. It was piped through a tinned up wndow with a pane missing, and the funnel was inside up in a made up bin inside the hay loft. When dad ground corn, there was dust up there on everything. Well, once, a hammer came loose and went half inside and half out the pipe, and dad quit grinding. That also happened at the same time nearly as when they told us we had to go electric. Dad tried to find some cheap bucket milkers, but couldnt finds any, and finally sold all but 2/3 cows we kept for milk. He had had a pit dut for silage, and used it one year, and that was that. The pit lasted for 20 yrs more b efore it got filled up. Few people went big with electric milking, But, after awhile. they started lowering and lowering the price paid for milk, and only those with big farms who could have bigger herds held on. I had an aunt that ran quernseys, and an uncle that had holsteins and they died rich for the times,.

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