The Milk Cow, Part 3 - The FHC Show, ep 36 

I'd like to think your videos are helping to pass on the knowledge of traditional farming to future generations.

Best content on RU-vid! Thanks again for a slice of real life.

Absolutely love your videos. They are like an animated story book. You are the Master Storyteller. Art from Ohio

Amazing episodes with great and valuable education. Thank you so very much and God bless!

Nothing is better than a Pa Mac video

Milking is my favorite chore. I’ve got two dairy goats i milk. Best place to sit n think a spell.

Best channel on YT! LOVE this content! Thank you!

When I was a kid it was my chore to milk the cow. she was 1/2 jersey and 1/4 Angus and 1/4 Hereford. Named Tiny she was a huge black cow with a white face. When I milked her I took all of the milk from the front quarters and most from her rear quarters and turned the calf in with her for a hour or so. They where then seperated. That cow knew where I slept. And at daylight every morning she would come to my window and beller and bawl for me to get up and a go milk here. She wanted the sweet feed mixed with a larger amount of wheat shorts. So I had to get up and stoke the fire in the wood stove on a cold winter morning and heat some water to wash her udder. And I hated it. One morning she did not wake me. The calf had excaped and she was dry. So I seperated them and milked that night. And when I got done I turned both of them loose together. Thinking no more morning milking! Dad worked away. And I was the only male home. Nope my mother and sisters made certain to use every drop of the evenings milk as fast as possible. I was ordered to go back too milking twice a day. Lucky for me that milks cows hefer calf had just freshened. So I simply started milking two cows every evening and got to stay in bed until a decent hour. Wasnt long I went back to milking one cow in the evening. The weather had warmed up. And the females did not actually want or need that much milk. What they wanted was for me to get up at daylight and build a fire in the cold house. We Debbie and I last fall just sold the last of our cattle. including two milk cows.It just became to expensive to buy feed and took too much time. Im 70 and got better things to do than enable a cow herd and swap nickles.

We used to tie the tail up too, kept the cow from peeing on it then slapping you across the face with it...!

My grandma balanced on a three-legged stool, leaned into the cow and rested her temple on the side of the cow. She didn't use hobbles or lock the cow's head in. She had 3 cows, milked at 4:30 a.m. and I think, evenings too. They sold the milk. It was put in the tall metal milk jug. A truck picked it up real early in the morning. I remember pouring milk into the pig trough too. Plus, we drank it and made butter. They told me I would get to milk too if I got up at 4:30! I was so excited that I woke up on time without any alarm clock, and ran to the barn. I got to try it that day.

That was fantastic. Thank you.

Hello, I really like your channel and I love your milk cow, greetings from Spain

My grandmother taught me to milk a cow too.

I'm from Tuscany and I love all your videos!

I sure do look forward to each one of your videos. Thank you.

the cow seems so well behaved!

Alabama loves Fhc an sure have missed your antics. Thank you for this an being a God fearing man.

Enjoyed the show

🤣🤣great as usual! Always look forward to your videos😊❤️

I’m a hand milker and we were visiting a church one Sunday (I’m 110 lb lady), and when I shook the preachers hand his eyes got big and he was at a loss for words😳. I had to explain🤣🤣

How on earth does this channel not have tons more views? Great stuff!

Awesome memories of furniture and grandparents PaMac. I have some from my Grand parents also. I can’t imagine a scenario where I would part with them! Take care my friend!!

I have Grandmother’s living room furniture she paid for working in a sewing mill during the depression.

Wow! You did great 😊

Awesome 👏 thanks for your time in making this video!

Loved every second! I was even practicing along with you, milking. I think it's in my future. My husband's talking doing something else, after 40 yrs general contracting in far north California, he says he's done all he can to create here on this mountaintop acreage. I just listened. I always wanted to raise livestock, and these challenging last days may now have brought us to a 'place' to do just that, out of necessity and need for self-reliance (with the Lord, too, of course), and we want to be closer to our children and grandchildren. We have a lot to learn, and you can show us how, Pa.

best channel on youtube! love watching this channel for learning and laughing as well and even trying a few of the things out never got to see my grandparent they all past long before i was born

Love your channel. Educational and entertaining always. I've missed you not being here lately. Hope everything is going well for you and yours.

Mama didn’t let down very well for you if that calf is getting that much! Great video nevertheless 👍🏼

I love your videos. My mom was telling me how she use to milk her cow as a young married woman. She’s tried teaching me but we have no cow to practice on.

Love your videos!

Lol...Bravo! Tulip! You are SO beautiful!❤️ This made me so happy!☺️From Nanny's Lil sofa, to your banjo playin' at the end!😂 So... calf slobber is like lotion for momma cow's udder, huh? God thinks of EVERYTHING, doesn't he? And Tulip likes your banjo as much as my youngest son likes my cello. Well, can't say as I blame him, I just started playing it, so... I'm no Yoyo Ma, that's fer darn sure.😏

That brings back great memories of me with my uncle back in the 60s. The smell of the barn I’ll never forget and miss it dearly. Sadly it’s all gone

I love your videos and your music. I have to smile every time at your performance. In the end I even had to laugh a lot when you played the banjo. I'm also a guitarist myself, so it really touched me 🤣👍

Thank you for showing the pee and poop and slobber and stuff- so many channels only show the "pretty" parts and leave out many practical bits!

greatest show on earth !! Thanks for sharing with us this is by far the best way to bring up youngsters. Really enjoy all your work and videos. Fred.

Your back!!! We missed you

Hello there. Do You really think, it's "from old times"? I used to do this from 1995 till 2015. After that, I've got married and moved to city. Now I am reconstructing our family farm, and in two years, We'll move in, settle down, grow some on fields, and in four years from now, I am going to buy some cattle, pigs and poultry again - and wait till I get old :D :D :D

Thanks for the great videos!

I missed your content so much; I have had to watch older episodes several more times. Still well worth the re-watching.

Fertilizer and food all in one sitting! Nice job and a great video! Thanks and you and your family have a great Easter.

Very informative! Love it!

Love it! Thanks for sharing! I watched Pa Pa do that many many times as a kid visiting Granny and Pa Pa… no telling what my little shoes drug into their house over the years…

Brilliant as always, I am being slowed down by the stomach flu and this was just the pick me up I needed. Thanks for sharing.

This video couldn't of come at a better time. Today, my very first milk cow will be delivered to our homestead. I've never milked a cow before but since she's in milk and bred I'll be taking a crash course. Lol. I have a question, though. Why do you put milk on your fingers to strip her out? By the way, I've loved the series on the diary cow. You've got one beautiful cow.

Great video as always

"Accidentally" knock over the bucket.

lol, "right on cue"

Wonderful tutorial as always. You're an inspiration to many on several levels. If you raise any meat birds or rabbits,could ya consider making a video or two about it. I'm also curious how the apple trees are comin along. Ya'll take care and God bless!

This might be a stupid question, but how long does the cow keep producing milk? At some point she’ll stop and she needs to have another calf, right?

I just found your channel, and saw you planted apple trees 8 years ago... How goes the fruit? Did they do well?!

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When are you showing us how you made that banjo?

Hey do you have a milk cooler where you store your milk after milking your cow?

Do you have to boil it....or just milk the cow pour it in a jar, chill and drink it? 😁

I take it you didn’t approve of her audition for the band?🐝🤗❤️