Thanks for the actual tour of the dairy barn and surrounding silos. When dad filled silo he hired a custom operator with a IHC W-9 on the chopper; a Super MD on the blower and 2 Chevy trucks catching and dumping fresh silage. As a young boy I got to ride in one of the trucks and watch all the action. Fond memories of the early 1950s. Tell cousin Steve thanks for the tour!
Loved this barn tour. Nice clip Mike. Keep them coming. Again, I must say I really appreciate all the craftsmanship that went into these old barns and silos.
I just love the Johnny story. Haha...... Just like what my Dad would say. My Grandfather's farm had a barn where the cows faced each other.... That barn cleaner chain was a mile long I swear.
Great video thanks for sharing. Love those old barns not many around like that anymore. Hats off to you and your relatives there in nj for keeping it going. Very few small dairies like that left these days and the pricing and coop doesn't make it any easier. We're not all that much bigger than you at work with 100 milking it's an educational institute so i guess we're not really a "farm " so to speak. On a side note our dion was delivered today, i thought we were getting the f41 but a 2430 in jd green showed up instead didn't have much time to talk to the reps as they were getting it ready. Im guessing we ended up with that because we ordered through our local deere dealer and i guess the 2430 is a dion/deere product. I'll have to try and get some pics/vid and figure out a way to show you.
That would be cool, I'd love to see it. I was checking it out up at empire farm days. My uncle has the farm in new jersey and we have the farm up in New York. We have the F64 3 row corn head and its great. You will love that chopper
@@mikep7810 The state of Ky was my territory as a dealer--we put barn cleaners in horse barns and huge equine hospitals-gutters were 24 inches deep{5%horse manure and 95% beautiful straw}--also lots of silo unloaders and sold more belt feeders than I could count-THX wbw
Mike, where is your cousins farm in New Jersey? Are used to work on a farm in Budd Lake, New Jersey. It sure has changed in 50 years. It’s all developed where are used to work in the fields. The story about Johnny was so funny. Your uncle was so nice to let Johnny out of the silo!
Our neighbor has a head to head barn and it is a pain to milk in it, only 30 cows so 15 on a side and when you switch sides always running back and forth to get the milkers
love the dairy farm videos. I live in Franklin twsp. Somerset county NJ. Right down the road from me is the last operating dairy farm in the county. I hate to see all the small family dairy farms going under. Are both your farms still up and running.
I live up here in Canada where we have the quota system for dairy,poultry (meat and eggs) and I hear there is going to be in dairy goats. Anyways I hear 4 litres of milk in the USA is $1, while here it’s around $4 for 3 litres. Anyways I love seeing all small dairy farms as many are expanding or closing up shop. Keep farming
On Nate the hoof guy's channel, the tie-stall cows have beautiful, healthy hooves, dramatically superior to the others. I once had an old tie-stall barn (no cows) in Canada that looked like it was built for goats, because their cows were so much smaller than modern Holsteins.
Another disadvantage to this set up with the cows facing each other is it seems like the walls behind them are always dirtier than normal. When they manure it tends to splatter on the walls
Our dairy barn only held 60, but we milked 100-120. The cows were so trained, that usually we did not even tie them up. When we were done with one girl, she would back out, walk out the barn and the next one up would walk in, find her stall and is ready for her milking. They all had names. We could keep gates open because they knew if they simply crossed the line, our Blue Heeler would be on them in an instant. Keep up the great videos.
What was the bag to the haverstor for exactly? There are very few of those around here. I've never seen one up close. It's hard to believe that there are still small dairys out there. There's only about 5 around here. There was a bunch 30 years ago. Take care and have fun
All sealed silos have breather bags that helps regulate the air pressure so they remain sealed but don't blow up. Since the sides are made of glass fused steal panels, they heat up when the sun hit them causing an increase of pressure. All three of our sealstore silos have the breather bags. We also have them stored up in our hay mow
Hi Mike my name is Gleison I'm from Brazil. I live in Philadelphia, PA .i look to visit dairy farm because I building tie stall barn in Brazil.i want now more about tie stalls
We don't have the equipment here to make our own cheese and sell our own milk. The milk truck picks it up and takes it so if you live in the north east there is a possibility you've had our milk
Nice video Mike loved it
Thank you Paul
Thanks for the actual tour of the dairy barn and surrounding silos. When dad filled silo he hired a custom operator with a IHC W-9 on the chopper; a Super MD on the blower and 2 Chevy trucks catching and dumping fresh silage. As a young boy I got to ride in one of the trucks and watch all the action. Fond memories of the early 1950s. Tell cousin Steve thanks for the tour!
Thank you Mike. I will definitely let him know
Loved this barn tour. Nice clip Mike. Keep them coming. Again, I must say I really appreciate all the craftsmanship that went into these old barns and silos.
Very true. They don't make them like that anymore!
Great videos. Love seeing how people have their farms set up
I like seeing other farms set ups too
Thanks for the farm tour! I always like seeing how other run their farm.
I like seeing that too. Thanks for the comment!
I really appreciate how you explain everything so well. I love these old Tie-Stall barns!
Thanks for the great videos!
Thank you Jack. Glad you enjoyed the video
I love seeing inside of barns! Thanks Mike!
I'm glad you enjoyed it Ted
Thanks for the barn tour, miss working with cow's
Glad you enjoyed it
Love the barn tours. Keep them coming..
Thank you. I'll make sure to do more
Cool nice to see other farms especially in different countries thanks for sharing Mike
Thanks for watching James. I agree its cool to see how other farms work
This video made my day.
Awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed the video
Thanks Mike for sharing always great to see other farm's
(I'm noisy like that) cheers Antony
I agree, its always good to see another farm and how its set up
Nice farm tour. Glad you took us along. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Thank you for watching!
I just love the Johnny story. Haha...... Just like what my Dad would say. My Grandfather's farm had a barn where the cows faced each other.... That barn cleaner chain was a mile long I swear.
Yeah my uncle had him convinced for a while. Yeah you walk a mile long to get the milking done too
Awesome video Mike! Thank you!
Thank you for checking it out
Great video thanks for sharing. Love those old barns not many around like that anymore. Hats off to you and your relatives there in nj for keeping it going. Very few small dairies like that left these days and the pricing and coop doesn't make it any easier. We're not all that much bigger than you at work with 100 milking it's an educational institute so i guess we're not really a "farm " so to speak. On a side note our dion was delivered today, i thought we were getting the f41 but a 2430 in jd green showed up instead didn't have much time to talk to the reps as they were getting it ready. Im guessing we ended up with that because we ordered through our local deere dealer and i guess the 2430 is a dion/deere product. I'll have to try and get some pics/vid and figure out a way to show you.
That would be cool, I'd love to see it. I was checking it out up at empire farm days. My uncle has the farm in new jersey and we have the farm up in New York. We have the F64 3 row corn head and its great. You will love that chopper
Yeah Mike. Thats i want to see. Great video. Greetings from austria
Greetings. Glad you enjoyed the video
My brother worked for a farm that had a set up like that I went over there and it was neat and organized how thing's got done
Pretty cool
@@mikep7810 he said they milked around 140 cow's started at one end and went around like a race track
you forgot the barn cleaner-this is the Ky patz dealer for many yrs-enjoyed video
Thats cool. What was your territory as a dealer? We have a patz barn cleaner too
@@mikep7810 The state of Ky was my territory as a dealer--we put barn cleaners in horse barns and huge equine hospitals-gutters were 24 inches deep{5%horse manure and 95% beautiful straw}--also lots of silo unloaders and sold more belt feeders than I could count-THX wbw
Great video!!!
Thank you
Nice video Mike!
Thank you!!
Mike, where is your cousins farm in New Jersey? Are used to work on a farm in Budd Lake, New Jersey. It sure has changed in 50 years. It’s all developed where are used to work in the fields. The story about Johnny was so funny. Your uncle was so nice to let Johnny out of the silo!
Yeah Jersey has sure changed. Their farm is in Sussex
That’s pretty amazing they can make a living with 50 cows in New Jersey. I didn’t think there were any small farms left in NJ
@@richmaniscalco201 There aren't too many. Sadly this is an older video and my uncle sold the cows. Luckily he still has the farm and makes hay
Thanks mike
Thanks for sharing the Cows!
No problem! Once the winter comes and I'm not in the field as much I'll show more cows
mikep7810 that sounds great!! Thanks! 😊
You're welcome
It will be a great experience. To know the operation of a tie stall barn.
Like your videos Mike
Thank you very much. I appreciate it!
good looking farm!
Thank you
Maybe you could go to visit Johnny sometime lol!!! Also that's a beautiful farm
Lol I don't think Johnny wants to talk to us anymore. It was funny what my uncle would get them to believe 🤣
mikep7810 lol!!!
Interesting thanks for the video!
Thank you for checking it out
Our neighbor has a head to head barn and it is a pain to milk in it, only 30 cows so 15 on a side and when you switch sides always running back and forth to get the milkers
Yeah easy to feed and harder to milk
please can you tell me how much distance between the dividers ? thanks
This isn't my farm its my uncles farm. I'm not sure off the top of my head
love the dairy farm videos. I live in Franklin twsp. Somerset county NJ. Right down the road from me is the last operating dairy farm in the county. I hate to see all the small family dairy farms going under. Are both your farms still up and running.
We still are up here in New York, sadly my uncle in this video just sold his milkers
Mike would u do a video of your tie stall barn
Sure once the winter hits and the field work is done I'll do a tour of our tie stall barn
What is the function of the bag in the barn connected to the silo?
The bag connected to the silo are breather bags. Its like the lungs of the silo because its a sealed silo
@@mikep7810 interesting. Thank you. First time I ever learned of such a system.
Nice video mike
Thank you
I live up here in Canada where we have the quota system for dairy,poultry (meat and eggs) and I hear there is going to be in dairy goats. Anyways I hear 4 litres of milk in the USA is $1, while here it’s around $4 for 3 litres. Anyways I love seeing all small dairy farms as many are expanding or closing up shop. Keep farming
Gonna keep on going as long as we can
I thought the air bags were in the harvastore on the top. Didn't realize that u could plumb them in outside of the silo
All 3 bags to our silos are in the hay mow too
why do you run them there instead of inn the silo
Cool farm! Why don’t they use the one silo anymore? Really nice farm
I guess they don't really need it anymore. They have the one haylage silo and they have the other silo plus the bunk for corn silage.
We don’t use it because it’s 70 years old, and the bottom is rotting out so we’d lose more crop putting it in over baling it
On Nate the hoof guy's channel, the tie-stall cows have beautiful, healthy hooves, dramatically superior to the others.
I once had an old tie-stall barn (no cows) in Canada that looked like it was built for goats, because their cows were so much smaller than modern Holsteins.
Its definitely a good thing to keep up on the hooves to keep them walking right and comfortable
what tractor did your uncle use to chop hay and corn
The TW15
Neat tour dairy is fading away here in jersey not many left only one here in this county
Thank you, Sadly those old farms are fading fast. I hope this one keeps going as long as it can
You in Somerset county?
Which one is better case ih or john deere
Depends who you ask. I say John Deere all the way
@@mikep7810 which one can be stronger?
They both are pretty strong. Its all about personal preference. I prefer John Deere
Nice video
Thank you Matthew
I have a head to head tie stall also 58 head. Holsteins.
It was always neat to go down and visit as a kid and see a different barn layout
Another disadvantage to this set up with the cows facing each other is it seems like the walls behind them are always dirtier than normal. When they manure it tends to splatter on the walls
You could go through everyone's set up and find disadvantages
Very true
Jay Kettlewell
Do you guys like brown Swiss and jerseys cows
I've only had Jerseys and I liked them but I like holsteins
@@mikep7810 oh
Our dairy barn only held 60, but we milked 100-120. The cows were so trained, that usually we did not even tie them up. When we were done with one girl, she would back out, walk out the barn and the next one up would walk in, find her stall and is ready for her milking. They all had names. We could keep gates open because they knew if they simply crossed the line, our Blue Heeler would be on them in an instant. Keep up the great videos.
Thanks for sharing. It's cool to hear the different ways farmers do things.
Haven't been in that barn in YEARS
Dembeck Farms I didn’t know you were ever in my barn Steve
Tom Hough I stopped by maybe 15 years ago, looking for work, ended up working for Willie and Bill instead, lol
Dembeck Farms stop in today I’ll hire you to work in hay 🤣🤣
Tom Hough send Steven up for a day 😂
Small world!!
Hats off to them. Idk how they keep going with 45 cows.👍🏼👍🏼
I hear ya, we are right there with 50
50 milking cows , awesome job keep it going !
Thank you
What was the bag to the haverstor for exactly? There are very few of those around here. I've never seen one up close. It's hard to believe that there are still small dairys out there. There's only about 5 around here. There was a bunch 30 years ago. Take care and have fun
All sealed silos have breather bags that helps regulate the air pressure so they remain sealed but don't blow up. Since the sides are made of glass fused steal panels, they heat up when the sun hit them causing an increase of pressure. All three of our sealstore silos have the breather bags. We also have them stored up in our hay mow
How long does it take to milk
Probably about an hour and a half
mikep7810 not to bad . I milk about 60 cows hour and a half herringbone parlour
Cool, the Parlor is more better on your knees and back though!
@@causewayfarming4x494 what size of parlour
James O Brien 8x8
Hi Mike my name is Gleison I'm from Brazil. I live in Philadelphia, PA .i look to visit dairy farm because I building tie stall barn in Brazil.i want now more about tie stalls
Hello Gleison, what brought you to Philadelphia?
Hi, Mike, I came to meet Philadelphia and I liked it here. It's been 14 years since I live here.
I do not speak English very well, but I understand a little
Where is your dairy farm
New York
It's not too far away.
You guys have a big farm
Thank you! Now a days its considered a small farm though
Two things I thought always milk a full barn and also who has the better herd average you guys are you uncle
It goes back and forth. We are both pretty high up there.
If you dont mind me asking who do you guys sell your milk to? Would love to buy some of you guys milk / cheese
We don't have the equipment here to make our own cheese and sell our own milk. The milk truck picks it up and takes it so if you live in the north east there is a possibility you've had our milk
That is a 10 minute drive from my farm.
my channel is the no farmer.
That's cool, if probably been by your farm before