I was only kid back when our dairy business began I remember my dad spending hours reading this type of management in the dairy magazine that were punish at that time. Remembering him and Mon spending hours figuring feed cost at the kitchen worried about cost and the health of the dairy herd and what was best. This film bring back memories of stuff that they did in dairy farming in the sixties and still practice today on the farm with newer equipment and better way to mix the feed for the herd to get the high production from each cow in the herd. Now today electronics takes an important part in the dairy management weighing feed measurements that are mix together and given to the herd. If it wasn’t for the farmer and families that were in this video the idea would drop by the way side but now it is an important part of agriculture history and practices use today still. AGAIN THANK YOU.
Thanks again for the videos Dennis. Ralph Saegser went to this type feeding in 1964 or 65 one can't remember which. He ran a Very profitable dairy and sold Big $$$$ Bulls and Heifers until his death. Everyone thought him a fool for going this way but even after he proved it successful I don't know of but the Lutz family who followed suit. Makes me wonder if I can cut my hillside pasture down to the safe point of not turning anything over with my beef operation. But you know those Kentucky knobs.
That is incredible. We are no strangers to nursing sick dairy goats, and have long known that the cause has been improper use of pasture in Midwest TN. Not only too many head, but too few head will likewise cause the animals to get selective (spoiled and picky) and so they frequent the same areas, and eat among there own manure until parasites set it. It usually takes several short mowings and a good sunburn on the pasture to kill off the sickness over time.
I remember when we chopped dry hay for feed and straw for bedding with this chopper and a WD and occasionally a CA as power. We also had a chopping ring with two other neighbors for many years. Later on we chopped with our D 17. I know we never direct cut with it or had a corn head. We did chop oatlage with it for the silo after putting in all the knives.
