Posted by Mike (WA) on November 23, 2010 at 12:30:46 from (69.10.196.7):
In Reply to: OT cows left posted by rrlund on November 23, 2010 at 09:44:49:
We got out of the dairy business gradually, in the summer of '61, I think. I would have been 12. In those days, dairy cows were bought and sold through the livestock auction (not just culls and springers, like now). Our hauler could only haul 5 at a time, and I think he and dad agreed that we didn't want to "flood the market" anyhow.
So it was my job to milk that summer (Surge bucket milkers with surcingles in a 4 cow parlor). Every week, we culled 5 more. I remember one cow we all agreed would be kept until the end- Ione, a very friendly and gentle cow who milked well. The last milking (and watching them go down the road) was sad, BUT I GOT OVER IT! And have been over it ever since!
It was kind of hard on my dad- he felt like he'd failed, and was in a funk for awhile. But he had saved the farm, and 10 years later, split it up and sold it, and retired at age 53. So he got over it, too.
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