Post by suzorse on Jun 7, 2007 14:42:38 GMT -5
I grew up in the city 50 miles north of San Francisco, When I was 13 we moved to a 1/3 of an acre, surounded by other small acre places , A friends mom Edith had a jersy milk cow Mamma Moo that she milked twice a day, and I would show up at milking time to help milk ,I loved it.
Over the years I would always show up at times to help with the chores . And help milk,
In 86 I bought a Jersy cow out of the slaughter pen at the sale for 187.00 . The former owner pounced on me when I went to pay for her, and wanted to know if I bought her for a family milk cow and I told him yes, he said she was registerd and 60 days fresh with her 1st calf .
she became Ediths when I moved to Idaho in 87, to a town population 26,no room for a cow ,kept my horses at diferant pastures for the nxt 10 yrs , then after the kids dad past away in 97,( he dident think I needed a milk cow ) it took a few years but in 99 I seen an add for a cow and traded a QH stud colt for her , April is the sweetest Brown Swiss and the best milk ,with as much cream as I had got with the jerseys , 5 years ago I moved to Emmett Idaho
for schooling for my disabled daughter,and April was getting ready to freshen soon and I would not be able to keep her in the city, so a long trailer trip to Grants Pass OR where Edith had moved to 10 acres with her cows, and that is where she is today, Her calf that year was a bull and Edith kept him and he bred his Mother and the heafer is the cow I have today. boarded Marie with my horses, till I bought this place last year and could get back to living my dream of self seficency. have chickens for eggs the cow and goats for milk, got my garden in . and traded leftover milk. for a couple of pigs. Edith is still going strong at being self suficent in her 70s . I have the goats to raise orphan foals, I have a 3yr old and a 2yr old .the second time it was easier to buy goats then to track down goats milk to feed.
Suzanne
Over the years I would always show up at times to help with the chores . And help milk,
In 86 I bought a Jersy cow out of the slaughter pen at the sale for 187.00 . The former owner pounced on me when I went to pay for her, and wanted to know if I bought her for a family milk cow and I told him yes, he said she was registerd and 60 days fresh with her 1st calf .
she became Ediths when I moved to Idaho in 87, to a town population 26,no room for a cow ,kept my horses at diferant pastures for the nxt 10 yrs , then after the kids dad past away in 97,( he dident think I needed a milk cow ) it took a few years but in 99 I seen an add for a cow and traded a QH stud colt for her , April is the sweetest Brown Swiss and the best milk ,with as much cream as I had got with the jerseys , 5 years ago I moved to Emmett Idaho
for schooling for my disabled daughter,and April was getting ready to freshen soon and I would not be able to keep her in the city, so a long trailer trip to Grants Pass OR where Edith had moved to 10 acres with her cows, and that is where she is today, Her calf that year was a bull and Edith kept him and he bred his Mother and the heafer is the cow I have today. boarded Marie with my horses, till I bought this place last year and could get back to living my dream of self seficency. have chickens for eggs the cow and goats for milk, got my garden in . and traded leftover milk. for a couple of pigs. Edith is still going strong at being self suficent in her 70s . I have the goats to raise orphan foals, I have a 3yr old and a 2yr old .the second time it was easier to buy goats then to track down goats milk to feed.
Suzanne