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Farm Fresh Weekly Frozen milk
Our intent this year was to freeze all the milk in half gallon containers to expedite the freezing process. To facilitate this we built some racks with fans on them to help us freeze milk (and chicken pieces) faster. What we discovered was that these racks sped up the freezing enough that we could also freeze gallons. So we are again carrying frozen milk in gallon containers.
Cattle feed
We have been blessed this year with timely rains and moderate weather. We are growing lots of feed for the cattle and are starting to build a stockpile for our winter needs. Maybe if the rains continue we will be able to take in cattle this winter instead of looking for pasture for ours. That would be a another blessing!
Weaning time for our calves
We wean our calves when the youngest one is at least two months old. To do this we put the calves on really great pasture with the mommas on the other side of an electric fence. That way they can still nuzzle and be close together but not nurse. It is not a quiet time on the farm as the babies want their mommas and the mommas want their babies, but it only lasts for about 2 days. The benefit for us is that milk production that we get goes way up.
Stories from the farm
On Friday morning of this week as I was bringing the cows up to the barn for milking I observed what I believe to be two sand pipers. I do not know my migratory birds that well and sand pipers are not native to these parts, but they did look a lot like the pictures I saw on the internet when I got back to the house. Early mornings are great times to observe our wild friends.
Healthy food for healthy living. Daniel King and Kenneth King
JaKo, Inc.
6003 E. Eales Rd
Hutchinson, KS 67501
www.jakoinc.com
620.663.1470
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