Posted by Al Baker(pumpman) on February 12, 2018 at 18:13:11 from (199.192.180.1):
Just trying to muster up the will power to leave this warm house and go milk "Emma". Her and I spend 20 minutes or so each evening together. I get two gallons of fresh grass fed organic Jersey milk. Most of the milk goes for drinking and homemade butter. When we are feeling ambitious we do make a few types of cheeses. This isn't a cost effective job, but we like knowing the children are getting the best milk I can give them. Store bought milk seems very adulterated to me. I grew up drinking fresh milk as did my Dad, and his Dad, and his Dad also. It was good enough for them, well good enough for us. I was just wondering if anyone else keeps a family cow or two around besides there normal farm duties? I catch heck from some neighbors for the time I "waste" ,milking one or two cows. I just cant bring myself to try milking one of the angus Mommas here. Emma leads a very pampered life where she is the number 1 cow on this farm. Funny how much I love that old cow. I bought her 8 years ago. Each year she brings a healthy new calf and knows the routine and almost never needs to be directed. Open her pen, she heads for the stations. Always uses the same one. Milk her and she heads back to her pen. In the summer just call her name and she heads up from the pasture. Some of the other cows notice she gets special attention, but then she's "Emma". Al
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