1970's International Harvester Farm Equipment 16mm Film "Beef Factory" Featuring Bill Mason. Visits several farms and shows what's new in the beef raising industry.
Once again. Beautiful farms. Was an awesome shot at that first place looking over the top of the barn with all those harvestores lined up. Bet it took a big Chung of ground with 1970s tonnages/acre to fill this big bastards up.
The only way for a one man operation. With a modern batching system, you can program in what you want, and the Harvestores will do the rest. You can go walk pens and the feed will arrive on a belt feeder. Harvest is easier too for one man fill a big wagon go put it in and go back to chopping. They pack themselves and three tractors will keep it in check.
@@bryanginder5903 finally somebody besides me that likes them! There were 4 of them at the farm I grew up on. If maintained they cause little trouble the horror stories are from guys that are careless
@@ethanthopy1996 Ethan your so right! If the silage was put in at close to right moisture and you stayed up on maintenance they were great!! A lot of guys had them that should of never had one sold to them! You put in good quality you will get out good quality with minimal effort!! It was a system!! First in first out with minimal spoilage!!
@@bryanginder5903 just like with seed you plant good you yield good. You plant crap you yield crap. You put in good forage and maintain according to the manual you shouldn't have trouble. Most livestock guys are rough on stuff and don't have time for correct maintenance. If I ever farm which would be beans and wheat only and possibly some hay if I had the time (my parents fed cattle till I was in Junior High and sold out) I won't run junk. Anything more than basic maintenance and interchanging parts I'm screwed so off to Deere, Case or CAT it goes. With fertilizer costs the way they are I won't be buying a corn planter or head. Combines are such a headache that it's better to hire it in under 1000 acres. Better job cutting the crop and get it done in a week or so.
I live near Malta IL. I know the Willett farm is still run by Jim's son Jamie and his boys. There are actually alot more confinement buildings there now. I believe they hold 4-5000 now.
Yeah it would be on Willrett Rd. A few more silos also. All confinement, there's some big sheds there. I've loaded cattle out of there, if course they have their own scale, they ask you how much weight you want and that's what you get. Very nice people.
@@danielflint7780 Oh! I found it. I was looking at a farm north of town on Schafer Rd. It seems like the Willretts kept true to the red paint. Fine set up they have there.
Mr Clay's place near Galesburg, IL - the house is still there and the shed in the distance are still there. Silos gone, two small diameter grain bins in their place, and a foundation left over from the big silo. The loading shed is currently just a foundation or concrete pad as of the last couple years. There is a control point on the railroad right across the road named Clay, I can only imagine that it was named after the Clay family.
A very good video, I Can Only Imagine what it was like trying to rescue those cattle out of an underground manure pit, I kind of feel guilty for laughing!
Another interesting vid👍I don’t mind feedlots n most dairy’s are similar setup, main thing is sheds allow good airflow, sheds are clean n tidy, safe handling yards for stock n workers. I know there some prefer stock to graze out in the field but stock loses energy roaming for feed n distance, been exposed extreme weather. I am surprised that IH didn’t take full advantage of feed system, even today CaseIH don’t make mixer wagons, forage harvester, slurry tankers.
Can anyone please tell me what kind of hat that first farmer is wearing I've been looking for a long time for that type but dont know what they are called.
@@scottrayhons2537 That's what I thought too I've seen so many old time farmers wearing this style in pictures and I have wanted one in the worst way if anyone is familiar with the Badger Farm equipment logo the badger is wearimgvone of these styles of hat.
@@oe542 awesome you remember what brand or style or any information on it I'd love to get one for myself all I have now is an engineer's cabin that's all people call me as a train engineer I'm a farmer. Haha
@@KlineDeere unfortunately I do not know the brand. I don’t know why yt keeps deleting my comments it’s getting really frustrating. Search miller hats style 025. That’s as close as I could find.
@@johnruplinger2449 correct they built a few of them as prototypes. Harvestore is still in business and they are very compatible with robotic feeding systems. They sell most of them in Canada where farmers are on quota and have more profit per cow than the US. Every farmer coming to the States to dairy is building bunker silos so they can feed their 1000 cow and larger herds with triple screw mixers on 8Rs and Magnums. Most Harvestores sold here are used for high moisture corn or special usage such as at a sawmill for sawdust. If smaller farms were as profitable as they were in the mid 70's they would be a year out on building a silo.
@@ethanthopy1996 very interesting. Yes, I grew up in Western MN and many were built in the 70's, but yes, became obsolete as that size of producer went away. I lived in near Dekalb for a few years, a few years ago and I know where that farm is near Malta, so its a pretty cool connection!
Wow, how times have changed! The term " factory farm" has somehow become a negative term used nowadays usually to slam modern production agricultural. The guy who went in the pit after those calves was lucky to live and tell the story...manure gasses and low oxygen in manure pits has killed several farmers over the years. Of course they still had this to learn the hard way when this film was made.
