Farming, Saturday, Faoruary 6, 1988
\jo Farm Or Nof To Farm?
(ContlniMd from Pag* B 2)
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for future use of an electric feed
cart, if desired.
Earl’s parents still live on the
farm but tried to leave the deci
sions up to Earl and Bonnie. They
could see that the change was
needed but both Earl and his dad
dreaded the process of change. The
thought of having to milk and
handle the cows during the con
struction phase made Earl drag his
feet on the project for a long time.
“You could just look ahead and
envision all sorts of extra time,
extra hours and, to tell you the
truth, it didn’t turn out nearly as
bad as I thought it would,” said
Earl.
Earl envisioned difficulties
training the cows to go into stalls
and upsetting the cows with all the
confusion. Said Bonnie, “The guys
who did the actual construction
... were always suggesting what
they thought would be best for the
cows.” They did their best not to
upset the cows any more than they
had to.
The remodeling began in
August Said Earl, “They woe dig
ging poles the day Kendra was
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bom. August 14th.” The Kriders
had planned that a lot of the work
would be finished before the baby
was due. But Kendra came early.
Said Bonnie, “We had done all this
planning and were so looking for
ward to watching it happen.” Actu
ally, had they been entirely in
charge of the planning, they might
not have opted to remodel and
have a new baby all at the same
time. But God seemed to have
other plans for the Kriders. And
having a baby in the middle of it
“made the whole process a little
more interesting,” according to
Bonnie. “It was a little more chal
lenging ... it really tested our
communications ... I guess it
showed what we were able to do.”
The Kriders are more than
pleased with the finished bam and
its effect on their quality of life.
Earl’s dad proudly shows off the
remodeled facility, pointing out
features like the tile mangers and
his favorite feature, the box stalls.
It was important to Earl and Bon
nie to make these improvements
while Earl’s parents were around
to see and enjoy them. Said Earl, “I
wanted him to be able to throw the
switch on the bam cleaner ... I
wanted him to be able to enjoy just
watching it go out”
Although Bonnie hopes that all
of their “new time” won’t be used
in the bam, but it should enable
them to do a better job with things
they didn’t have time for before.
They formerly housed 34 cows in
32 stanchions and two bull pen
areas. The new setup has 41 tie
stalls and 2 box stalls. The remod
eled facility doesn’t expand their
operation but now enables them to
keep their cows in one place with
out having to rent bam space for
dry cows.
Future plans include getting
cow trainers to keep the cows
cleaner, and another silo to store
more silage for more consistent
feed. They will also eventually
need to get a new heifer facility or
stop raising their own
replacements.
Farm friends who already had
the conveniences of a pipeline, silo
unloaders, bam cleaners and
electric feed carts used to wonder
how the Kriders could work under
the “old bam” conditions where
there was no real order and cows
were going “every-which-way.”
Of the remodeled facility, they
remark, “Boy, I bet you think you
died and went to heaven!” Said
Bonnie, “It’s just that nice to us.”
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