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well ,did you ever see a black snake suck milk from a cow. my dad showed that to me twice when i was about 8-9.
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Cool pick Wayne, how long did it take to grow into the length on those jeans?  FWIW, I never grew into mine as a kid either, seemed like the cool thing to do........
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Ah, no. We have the Eastern Milk snake here that folklore has it stealing milk from cows. Herpetologist's claim it is nonsense. The snakes are in the barn after rodents.
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Paul, Mom tried her best to make the jeans last with patches, but I grew like a weed so she could not keep up with me.
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My brothers and I milked 4-6 cows by hand twice a day and then ran it through a cream separator. The skim was fed to pigs, the cream went to town and was sold.
I am 64 now and this milking was in the 60s.
I hated it at the time but I suppose it built character and work ethic.
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Ah, no. We have the Eastern Milk snake here that folklore has it stealing milk from cows. Herpetologist's claim it is nonsense. The snakes are in the barn after rodents. I'm in your era, a dairy farm raised boy also behind the cheddar curtain. Had an old guy tell me years ago about snake milching a cow. He swore that it was true, but then again he also told me about a boy that wandered off and was found hypnotized by a snake and was never right upstairs after that. So......... do love the ld pic and memories. We did not have political correctness, illegals, nor a foreign born president back then!
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Of course you saved some of that milk for the house.
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Our well went dry in the '70's and dad sold the milch cows then. I still have the separator and milk filters that we used as kids. We made our own butter, too. But I don't know where the churn ended up. Maybe one of my sisters has it.The cream separator lives by my woodstove now as decoration. Crank on the handle and milk came outta one spout, cream outta the tuther. ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/stoves/IMG_1441_zpsb4cb00db.jpg) We used one-legged milch stools....
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Of course you saved some of that milk for the house. We churned butter on rare occasion - just to reinforce the work ethic thing I would imagine! Also made our own ice cream. Great taste and well worth the effort.
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Ah, no. We have the Eastern Milk snake here that folklore has it stealing milk from cows. Herpetologist's claim it is nonsense. The snakes are in the barn after rodents. I'm in your era, a dairy farm raised boy also behind the cheddar curtain. Had an old guy tell me years ago about snake milching a cow. He swore that it was true, but then again he also told me about a boy that wandered off and was found hypnotized by a snake and was never right upstairs after that. So......... do love the ld pic and memories. We did not have political correctness, illegals, nor a foreign born president back then! We did not have Woodstock either. 
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Most likely some other fire members were too. My sister came for a visit and we got out the family albums and she pulled out this gem. One of the many chores I did on the family farm. ![[Linked Image]](http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt260/jackpine44/milkingtime_zpsjrm4d2gu.jpg) Well, I guess I was a stripper too. Then we got 'Surge Milkers' and didn't need to strip anymore. The cats went on strike!
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Huntsman, what brand is the seperator? My Great Granddad sold McCormick Deering out of his general store. I have one of his salesman samples.
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Most likely some other fire members were too. My sister came for a visit and we got out the family albums and she pulled out this gem. One of the many chores I did on the family farm. Well, I guess I was a stripper too. Then we got 'Surge Milkers' and didn't need to strip anymore. The cats went on strike! You don't need to answer this, but did you ever feed a dog a milk strainer filter?
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Most likely some other fire members were too. My sister came for a visit and we got out the family albums and she pulled out this gem. One of the many chores I did on the family farm. Well, I guess I was a stripper too. Then we got 'Surge Milkers' and didn't need to strip anymore. The cats went on strike! You don't need to answer this, but did you ever feed a dog a milk strainer filter? YES! After every filter change. As I recall, I had to put on gloves a couple of times to help him eliminate them! 
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How old are you, Sam? Churning butter!!!! That has not been done around these parts since the Korean War. Wait I should take that back, some hippies moved in this area back in the 1960's and they churned butter as what they called it....a cottage industry. They didn't stay long, though. That churn should be a cherished heirloom. just turned 69. Here is the churn. I bet it would still work.  ![[Linked Image]](http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/Knocky/2013%20First%20Half/churn.jpg)
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Most likely some other fire members were too. My sister came for a visit and we got out the family albums and she pulled out this gem. One of the many chores I did on the family farm. Well, I guess I was a stripper too. Then we got 'Surge Milkers' and didn't need to strip anymore. The cats went on strike! You don't need to answer this, but did you ever feed a dog a milk strainer filter? YES! After every filter change. As I recall, I had to put on gloves a couple of times to help him eliminate them! LMAO here...
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Sam, that is an awesome heirloom.
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Lots of guys here just seem obsessed with teats, don’t know about the stripping part. Me? I’m not a bad stripper myself ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/Screen_Shot_2015-06-28_at_1_13_44_PM.png) ....shamelessly as well. What am I looking at?
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Roundoak Interesting that your udderly historic thread came up just now. A couple of weeks ago I discovered a bunch of my Dad's old milk cans in my shed. So I decided to decorate one of them with our old farm scene. Just finished it a couple of days ago. All the buildings are gone now except the house. WN ![[Linked Image]](http://i631.photobucket.com/albums/uu33/whelen_nut/2015-07-25%2020.08.29.jpg)
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