Your fore Fathers and your Children should be so very proud to have people of your calabar as family members and need to be very proud of their Family today.
Thanks for reminding the rest of the country that NY State isn't anything like NY City; you've got a beautiful farm up there and looks like you run a great Dairy operation!! From Orange County, NY!!
Your video shows how much dairy has changed in the last 65 years, my life. My grand uncle Arthur Crose of Kerkonkson New York was old school dairy. Taxes and old age ended his career and his son Jigs Art jr was not the same as his dad
We will be tearing are old barn down and couple of silos next to it in a few months to be put a calf barn in it’s place and I know when that day comes you just have to sit back and thank that barn for everything it’s done because that is where i grew up, my dad started farming and a life long memories that were made, it’s a simple building that got us to where we are today with modern facilities and a great life for a family and it all started with that old barn, god bless
I felt a little sad seeing the history of that old barn through the years and then torn down. Then when I saw the new barn I can clearly see why it was rebuilt. New barn is so bright and efficient in space and energy. Great vid. thanks
The old barns are coming down around here in Michigan also! It kind of sucks but they won't last forever! Just think of how much time a farmer had into building a barn! Cut the trees out of the woods, bring them up cut them up with an axe and notch them, Then crane the beams up into position!!!! Then cover the barn most of time while farming and working fields! Those guys back then were workers like we'll never see again!!!!!!!!!!!
I live in Michigan around farm country. I always find it sad to see old farm buildings that I have seen sense a kid come down. Or when farmland turned into homes.
This video got me thinking, it would be really neat if you would do like a video explaining some farm history and showing some pictures of it through the years!
I'm really glad you take the time to do these videos. I grew up on a dairy in Ohio. This really brings me back it wasn't anything like the kind of operation you're running but there are definitely some similarities.
Very nice video. Music was perfect backdrop to the demolition. It felt really sad to me. I'm sure you had mixed emotions about it since the barn was in your family that long.
Just ran across this video, the farm has grow alot over the years, sad to see the old to go but the new is always nice too. Does the farm have a buyer for all of the bull calves that are born ?
Would you be able to do a video of the milking parlor sometime? I used to help the neighbors milk 50 to 60 cows but we quit in the summer of 2016 and I miss milking them.
Should have called Norm from This Old House to repurpose the lumber I imagine in California you probably would have had a constant spray of water to minimize dust and a collection system to prevent ground water contamination I saw some long boards on the side it’s a shame but I know newer building will be better easier to clean and maintain
Sad see the old barn go,but new addition does look good! Calves are content. Know of several amish and mennonites that would have taken the old barn down in trade for the materials.
In India or China they would have taken it down piece by piece and pulled all the nails. Sad to see the waste in America, no matter the economics of the project. Had a better roof than most houses.
wow save you the story I was very happy to be back on the farm when I hit rock bottom 18 months of hull they said I when thought I do not remember that part just wanted to be here on the farm again I was very interested in a trailer to live here, just to bad the old barn was not in good shape for me to restore to live in I told my step-parent they did refuse me the trailer anyways but the barn idea was a go-ahead first thing had to draw the plans out all of the plans was rejected by them too did not know why I did not what a big place but they did land up with an 80 x 160 barn house the old barn had buggies and a wagons area build on the bottom of the barm that was the 3 barn on the homestead, my stepfamily, was doctors the buggies had a big area can hold 10 buggies for repairs too and the 10, my family owns most of the family live at the farm and doctors too the livestock was on the main floor too it sits on a stones the build for the carriages they had the barn was on top of it three lofts over the top of it all they were well off too and we are still after the 2 world war, my step parents retrun back for the war the did want to be a doctor or a surgery personal resons it was with the canada goverment when they were held as priosener they never practice it after they retruned to canada but i did have stickes from him i was the own one had them fro him the barn was built the same way as the other was just larger size 5 floor all to the basement upper basement main floor the train layout floor one larger train fan my stepfather is the top floor was the hobble floor and the sewing floor too the old barn we burn down and this one we did too august had a couple of bad storms the did a lot of damages to the farm lose the house in the storms just happy we cam rebuild this time it the way my step-parent wanted the home to look like yes it will bee 2021 be finished a lot of fine craftsmanship needs to be done by hand I am busy with ofter thing for 4 our of the day 2 of them are with the hives I have in town honey bees 25 hives have in a warehouse check-up and water all the plants and feed the bees to takes time they have to go and spend time with my other animals to them I return here with my step-parents to the farm they are helping me with some of the projects here can not wait to have them spoiled animal back here spring they will be here fall they place will be all done and they have a new barn to play in too especially winter wnt it cold out there too
Did that barn have the hand hewed beams? If it did I know of several people who would have torn it down, cleaned it all up and paid you for the privilege of doing it
@@kayak_1 While I can't comment on your specific situation, repurposed barn lumber and hand hewed beams are in big demand. A friend hired them to take down a barn for him. They came in with a 10 man crew, telehandlers, loaders and air de-nailers and made a 40 by 160 foot barn disappear in 4 days. They then cleaned up the site and wrote my friend a check big enough to by 2 new quads for his kids.
@@bobanderegg3817 Our town has a house in the middle of our new nature preserve that the FD was going to burn down to remove the attractive nuisance. We had a company talk with the selectmen about dismantling it and moving it. Two years later we now just have an open structure and they guys will show up from time to time with the pickup truck to take a couple of parts. We have more of a hazard and nothing happening quickly.
@@kayak_1A house I can understand, But a barn is different. there is a big demand for hand hewed beams and GOOD hardwood barn lumber. This local company has someone going door to door looking for people willing to let them take their barns down. they go all over the Midwest taking barns down
It seems a pity you had to do that, I'd be concerned in a practical sense, that by distroying the farm's physical history you could undermine the psychological foundation on which it is built. I think it's important for up and coming generations to be able to see that history to appreciate the work that has been put in by previous generations and value what they've got and how they got there. Puts things in to perspective and helps gives meaning and purpose. Just my way of thinking, which you may well think is unnecessary nonsense.
@Malcolm Chapman - Even the most run down barn looks good from 100 feet away. You have to ask yourself whether you could spend a night sleeping in it, and whether you would feel like you wanted someone to pressure wash you with rubbing alcohol in the morning. i live in a converted 600 square foot chicken coup from the 50's, that got converted into a decent but crude workshop in the 80's, and i slept in it a few nights before i rebuilt it in 2010 and it was no fun. It felt "dirty". And i can tell you a funny story about fixing an old chicken coup. By the time i was done, the only thing original was the "foundations", the shape, the crumbly concrete floor that got buried under the wood floors and the roof rafters and the tongue and groove that covered the roof. And all the rafters got sistered with 2x6's and the tongue and groove got another coat of plywood. So essentially nothing. Sometimes, when you decide to repair a barn or a coop, by the time you are done you spent too much money and you end up replacing everything, so by rights it is not even the same barn. So why bother? You are correct. It is sad, but sentimentality has to be properly gauged against practicality.
@@malcolmchapman3032 - i wasn't trying to be. tearing down old barns is sad. someone else posted that companies would have paid to dissasemble the barn, and avoided the owners the cost, while saving the lumber from the scrap heap. that is more sad.
It is amazing how the operation has changed & grown over the years including the recent massive upgrade that is currently taking place.
Your fore Fathers and your Children should be so very proud to have people of your calabar as family
members and need to be very proud of their Family today.
I can remember driving by the place in the 70s with my Dad. Lots of progress since then. Hats off to you all.
Thanks for reminding the rest of the country that NY State isn't anything like NY City; you've got a beautiful farm up there and looks like you run a great Dairy operation!! From Orange County, NY!!
A lot of blood sweat and tears gone. Oh well, the memories will always be there. Progress.
Your video shows how much dairy has changed in the last 65 years, my life. My grand uncle Arthur Crose of Kerkonkson New York was old school dairy. Taxes and old age ended his career and his son Jigs Art jr was not the same as his dad
To see the kids watching and taking pictures.. Was so cool . I would be right at home in that machine lol..... Nice music too...
This is the first video I’ve seen with your calves/cattle! I’ve never seen your milking operation.
We will be tearing are old barn down and couple of silos next to it in a few months to be put a calf barn in it’s place and I know when that day comes you just have to sit back and thank that barn for everything it’s done because that is where i grew up, my dad started farming and a life long memories that were made, it’s a simple building that got us to where we are today with modern facilities and a great life for a family and it all started with that old barn, god bless
Always sad too see the old barns come down but that's a beautiful calf barn you have there Andrew
Thanks
Little Andrew, lol and Charlotte watching it fall
A lot graft gone in that barn over the years. Ours is still standing!!👍your business has definitely evolved over the years.
I felt a little sad seeing the history of that old barn through the years and then torn down. Then when I saw the new barn I can clearly see why it was rebuilt. New barn is so bright and efficient in space and energy. Great vid. thanks
Erated78 it had to be torn down, we're lucky that it didn't burn down
@@FarmingFixingFabricating farm barns do suspiciously burn sometimes!!🤔
I know it was hard seeing that barn go but the new one is a great addition to the operation not to mention the great animal care and overall wellness
Bitter Sweet !!! I always enjoy going through old bend !!
The old barns are coming down around here in Michigan also! It kind of sucks but they won't last forever! Just think of how much time a farmer had into building a barn! Cut the trees out of the woods, bring them up cut them up with an axe and notch them, Then crane the beams up into position!!!! Then cover the barn most of time while farming and working fields! Those guys back then were workers like we'll never see again!!!!!!!!!!!
Great video Andy
I bet the old barn had a lot of great memories that will be with you's forever. We love the new calf barn and the pride you all take in the animals.
Your farm has gone on a hell of a journey. Great work my man! Brilliant video 💪🏴
Your family has a lot to be proud of Andy
Great looking and useful barn in it's lifetime
i was sad too but, the new farm could be a nice christmas card photo
True
Great addition to the farm. Wow calf have heated floor better then my house. 😊👍
Excellent video
Nice new barn
So much good lumber my crew would've done it by hand and had it out of there in a week for the lumber to add on to me and the kids houses and shops
Great footage. Thanks for sharing this!!
Nice video hits on the evolution of things, Cavs look happy and healthy.👍
I live in Michigan around farm country. I always find it sad to see old farm buildings that I have seen sense a kid come down. Or when farmland turned into homes.
I would bet had to be so sad to see the old barn torn down but one has to invest to make yourself grow.
This video got me thinking, it would be really neat if you would do like a video explaining some farm history and showing some pictures of it through the years!
Oh that’s unfortunate, I could never bring myself to tear down a beautiful old barn with so much history like that.
It is what it is.
really nice new barn,,, well engineered
Great Video. Keep them coming.
Jr Johnson thanks
I'm really glad you take the time to do these videos. I grew up on a dairy in Ohio. This really brings me back it wasn't anything like the kind of operation you're running but there are definitely some similarities.
Mr Nate thanks for the comment
Where in Ohio?
Mr. Nate is from Ohio, our farm is in Central new York
Wow you guy did a lot of growing in a short time.
all your calfs look realy healty
Very nice video. Music was perfect backdrop to the demolition. It felt really sad to me. I'm sure you had mixed emotions about it since the barn was in your family that long.
Tennessee Hillbilly thanks for the comment, music is tough to add to a video there is limited selection. I'm glad you liked the video.
Any idea how many Miller’s there was back in the 70s? Cool old pictures.
Any pictures of inside the barn over the years that would make a cool video?
Not much
@@FarmingFixingFabricating anything would be cool
Great video
TNT Cattle thanks
Awesome video!
thanks vincent
Then and now amazing
Hope you salvaged a beams for furniture. Old growth wood is extremely limited
Impressive. How many employees help milk?
3 guys milking 24/7
Nice healthy lookn calves
Do you have the heifers in the other barns on that side?
Just ran across this video, the farm has grow alot over the years, sad to see the old to go but the new is always nice too. Does the farm have a buyer for all of the bull calves that are born ?
Yes
Nice calf barn 👍🏻
Would you be able to do a video of the milking parlor sometime? I used to help the neighbors milk 50 to 60 cows but we quit in the summer of 2016 and I miss milking them.
andrew peterson yeah sometime I'll get a milking video
What is happening to that small silo
Should have called Norm from This Old House to repurpose the lumber
I imagine in California you probably would have had a constant spray of water to minimize dust and a collection system to prevent ground water contamination
I saw some long boards on the side it’s a shame but I know newer building will be better easier to clean and maintain
Awesome !
Man this is a sad video. Really heartbreaking and I know nothing about it I just love the old barns.
Do you sell your bull calves and keep the heifers for replacements?
Yes
Sad see the old barn go,but new addition does look good! Calves are content.
Know of several amish and mennonites that would have taken the old barn down in trade for the materials.
Did you keep the silos or tare them down
Progress is so sad sometimes
Hey Andy. Nice barn. How many cows do you milk.
1700
Great video but sad
Happy calves are the best ones!
Hat e see the old girl go but have keep up with the technology
Cool
the whole barn is floor heated ?
Yeah
What this song name pls ?
I'm not sure what the song is. It was from a reality free song list from a few years ago
@@FarmingFixingFabricating cool allright thanks you !
Just sad in my eyes imagine the stories that Barn could tell if it could talk I just can't give it a thumbs up and I can't give it a thumbs down
Seems sad in a way, progress, ok .
In India or China they would have taken it down piece by piece and pulled all the nails. Sad to see the waste in America, no matter the economics of the project. Had a better roof than most houses.
wow save you the story I was very happy to be back on the farm when I hit rock bottom 18 months of hull they said I when thought I do not remember that part
just wanted to be here on the farm again I was very interested in a trailer to live here, just to bad the old barn was not in good shape for me to restore to live in I told my step-parent they did refuse me the trailer anyways but the barn idea was a go-ahead first thing had to draw the plans out all of the plans was rejected by them too did not know why I did not what a big place but they did land up with an 80 x 160 barn house the old barn had buggies and a wagons area build on the bottom of the barm that was the 3 barn on the homestead, my stepfamily, was doctors the buggies had a big area can hold 10 buggies for repairs too and the 10, my family owns most of the family live at the farm and doctors too the livestock was on the main floor too it sits on a stones the build for the carriages they had the barn was on top of it three lofts over the top of it all they were well off too and we are still after the 2 world war, my step parents retrun back for the war the did want to be a doctor or a surgery personal resons it was with the canada goverment when they were held as priosener they never practice it after they retruned to canada but i did have stickes from him i was the own one had them fro him
the barn was built the same way as the other was just larger size 5 floor all to the basement upper basement main floor the train layout floor one larger train fan my stepfather is the top floor was the hobble floor and the sewing floor too
the old barn we burn down and this one we did too august had a couple of bad storms the did a lot of damages to the farm lose the house in the storms just happy we cam rebuild this time it the way my step-parent wanted the home to look like yes it will bee 2021 be finished a lot of fine craftsmanship needs to be done by hand I am busy with ofter thing for 4 our of the day 2 of them are with the hives I have in town honey bees 25 hives have in a warehouse check-up and water all the plants and feed the bees to takes time they have to go and spend time with my other animals to them I return here with my step-parents to the farm they are helping me with some of the projects here can not wait to have them spoiled animal back here spring they will be here fall they place will be all done and they have a new barn to play in too especially winter wnt it cold out there too
Jennifer White what did I just read
It's sad to say the least, but I guess with growth comes a certern amount of pain
Did that barn have the hand hewed beams? If it did I know of several people who would have torn it down, cleaned it all up and paid you for the privilege of doing it
One has to get things done in a season. Having it taking down part by part then rebuilt would have taken more than the summer.
@@kayak_1 While I can't comment on your specific situation, repurposed barn lumber and hand hewed beams are in big demand. A friend hired them to take down a barn for him. They came in with a 10 man crew, telehandlers, loaders and air de-nailers and made a 40 by 160 foot barn disappear in 4 days. They then cleaned up the site and wrote my friend a check big enough to by 2 new quads for his kids.
@@bobanderegg3817 Our town has a house in the middle of our new nature preserve that the FD was going to burn down to remove the attractive nuisance. We had a company talk with the selectmen about dismantling it and moving it. Two years later we now just have an open structure and they guys will show up from time to time with the pickup truck to take a couple of parts. We have more of a hazard and nothing happening quickly.
@@kayak_1A house I can understand, But a barn is different. there is a big demand for hand hewed beams and GOOD hardwood barn lumber. This local company has someone going door to door looking for people willing to let them take their barns down. they go all over the Midwest taking barns down
It seems a pity you had to do that, I'd be concerned in a practical sense, that by distroying the farm's physical history you could undermine the psychological foundation on which it is built. I think it's important for up and coming generations to be able to see that history to appreciate the work that has been put in by previous generations and value what they've got and how they got there. Puts things in to perspective and helps gives meaning and purpose. Just my way of thinking, which you may well think is unnecessary nonsense.
Thanks for the comment. You have some points that are spot on, however the barn was in bad shape and needed to come down.
@Malcolm Chapman - Even the most run down barn looks good from 100 feet away. You have to ask yourself whether you could spend a night sleeping in it, and whether you would feel like you wanted someone to pressure wash you with rubbing alcohol in the morning.
i live in a converted 600 square foot chicken coup from the 50's, that got converted into a decent but crude workshop in the 80's, and i slept in it a few nights before i rebuilt it in 2010 and it was no fun. It felt "dirty".
And i can tell you a funny story about fixing an old chicken coup. By the time i was done, the only thing original was the "foundations", the shape, the crumbly concrete floor that got buried under the wood floors and the roof rafters and the tongue and groove that covered the roof. And all the rafters got sistered with 2x6's and the tongue and groove got another coat of plywood. So essentially nothing.
Sometimes, when you decide to repair a barn or a coop, by the time you are done you spent too much money and you end up replacing everything, so by rights it is not even the same barn. So why bother?
You are correct. It is sad, but sentimentality has to be properly gauged against practicality.
@@michael-dm2bv you're right, absolutely
@@malcolmchapman3032 - i wasn't trying to be. tearing down old barns is sad. someone else posted that companies would have paid to dissasemble the barn, and avoided the owners the cost, while saving the lumber from the scrap heap. that is more sad.
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That's a shame to see it is sorry
So sad.
The barn I grew up in Illinois is gone now too.
C