Posted by Hal/ Eastern WA on May 21, 2013 at 13:01:00 from (97.115.146.31):
In Reply to: Re: Picture for Today posted by JOHNNYfromMI on May 20, 2013 at 17:44:59:
I grew up hand milking 3 to 5 cows. We sold whole milk to lots of customers who would come to our farm, and the income from that ended up sending me to college.
We had a separator and ran all of the milk through a strainer in the upper bowl. It was handier to fill the customer"s milk jugs from that big bowl that it would have been trying to pour the milk. After all the milk the customers had "spoken for" was in the refrigerator, we would separate the rest. Our separator had an electric motor, but the belt would slip if you just turned on the motor. So we would crank the separator up to speed, listening to the bell, and then turn on the motor. We collected the cream that came from the top spout, and took it to the local creamery about once a week. We drank skim milk in our house, and all the excess skim milk was enjoyed by our hogs.
It was a lot of work, that had to be done on time, all the time. The separator had to be washed every time it was used, and that usually took at least half an hour. I washed a LOT of dishes and milk equipment. But our customers appreciated our effort. Our milk had the reputation of being the nicest, cleanest raw milk around the area.
Do I miss milking, cow tending, and cleaning the separator? No, but I think that large responsibility as a kid made me a better man.
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