Well Thursday morning was the last milking for my Dad or Papa is what my kiddo's will tell you. He has milked for 43 years twice a day. Mom and I finally got out and figured out when he started. My Grandmother said he started when he was 16 but Grandpa would not let him buy any of his own heard till he was 18. Let me tell you it is so different around there now. I do miss seeing the Holsteins out there every morning. Dad and Mom have really enjoyed sleeping in the last few mornings but with the time changing it is a little hard on them they are in the house at 6:00 and not 8:00 at night. I know the are a little bored Mom is loving it of course but Dad well it is going to be a while.
Bob took all the pictures inside the milk barn for me while hubby and I got things ready these were all taken Wed night before we sold. The kids and I skipped church to get ready.
This is where they wait before they get to go in the barn.
This is the milk tank where the milk is stored till the milk truck comes and gets it he usually come every other day unless its like around Thanksgiving and sometimes he has to come everyday because the cattle are giving lots of milk since we put them on the wheat field during the day unless it rains.
This is inside the milk barn we let our cows eat while they are being milked a lot of people do not do that anymore but Dad was going to have to re do the barn and stuff about 10 years ago when the inspector suggested this to us and that cost lots of $$$. Mom and I like it when they eat it distracts them and take a little of the edge off while they are being milked and less kicking the milker off and us when we put the milker on and off.
This is Nana doing her thing. That she is soo enjoying not doing anymore I think she misses the night milking but she does not say nothing she knows better.
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