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A fiercely cold wind, carrying an
endless cloud of icy snowflakes,
battered my bare face Coming
straight at me from the west, it made
it nearly impossible to see, and
sometimes even difficult to breathe.
My feet were beginning to get
numb as I drove back and forth along
the lane from the barn to the road,
clearing the snow away with an older
model farm tractor which had no cab
and only a small blade which wasn’t
designed for pushing snow. Progress
was slow, and oftentimes I wondered
if it wasn’t really the storm which was
winning this battle.
When milking time approached, I
had been out on the tractor for
nearly three continuous hours. My
coat, hat, pants, and boots were
covered with snow and ice. My face
felt as though it was melting when I
stepped into the warmth of the milk
house to assemble the milking
machines and connect the pipeline to
the bulk tank
Outside, there was no let-up on the
steady assault of the storm. More
than a foot of snow was already on
the ground, and there was no telling
how deep some of the drifts might
be. The wind whistled; sheets of tin
were starting to come loose; doors
rattled: and the electric wires heaved
back and forth, making me wonder
when they might snap
While cows waited to be milked, I
wished 1 could turn each one of them
off I didn't want to be milking that
afternoon, and I stalled as much as I
could, frequently walking to the
windows to observe what was going
on outside If those electric wires
snapped then there would really be
trouble because cows do have to be
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milked regardless of the weather or
presence of electricity.
The highway was approximately a
quarter mile away A pale-yellow
beam of light faintly penetrated the
curtain of snow and for an instant
there was a flash of joy that ran all
through my body As the lights ap
proached the end of the lane, I
silently repeated “turn in, turn in'”
to myself. The vehicle kept going and
all of a sudden I felt even more tired
and weak than before.
I lifted the lid of the bulk tank and
stared into if for a moment before
continuing to assemble the milking
equipment. The milk was within
three inches from the top. When the
agitator was turning, it actually
spilled some milk over the edges.
Each inch in height represented
about 200 pounds of milk. I guessed
it would hold 500 more pounds if the
agitator were turned off The cows
would produce around 1,000 pounds
tonight
The phone rang. A neighbor
wanted know if the milk truck had
picked up our milk yet, “No,” I said,
“we expected him this afternoon -
the driver's wife had called about
making sure the lane was dared, but
he must not have returned from
Philly yet ”
Two-thousand pounds of milk and
15 hours later, the milk truck pulled
up to the milk house, the snow had
crippled things all over the place -- at
the milk plant, on the roads, and on
farms Farmers lost a lot of money
during that storm six years ago and
milk truck drivers lost an awful lot of
sleep trying to get their tankers from
one place to another.
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ATTENTION
PORK PRODUCERS
McCOY
CATTLE COMPANY
is proud to announce that
EDWARD L PROSSER
has joined this firm as vice
President in charge of the
Hog Division.
Ed has a family farm background and is a 1974
graduate of Pennsylvania State University. He has
been employed the last two years as swine herd
sman for Jerry Rutter, Dover, PA.
We are now better prepared to handle the
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Lancaster Stockyards.
NEXT FEEDER PIG SALE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1978
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