Moser Brothers’
(Continued from Pago B 4)
went for the two stripplings to
master the tractor driving. It was
difficult, he said, to reach the
clutch, and when they tried, they
slid out of the tractor seat
Like most kids back then, they
tried their skill at aiming a stream
of warm milk straight from the
cow’s teat into the cat’s mouth,
while perched on the one-legged
stool by her side. “It took awhile
for the cat to know what it was all
about,” grins Harvey, the younger
brother.
Bill says he clearly remembers
that he was the one who always
fell asleep doing his hand-milking
task, then fell off the stool. He
says he was soon given a job he
could do better.
Installation of the first bulk
milk tank on the farm came in
1964. They say that a machine
called a “Sputnik,” was used to
transfer the milk to the bulk tank.
Sputnik held some 300 pounds of
milk and could be wheeled from
the stalls to the bulk tank. It was
repeated until the milking was fin
ished, then it was thoroughly
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cleaned with a brush, hot water
and detergent. The installation of a
modem pipeline system in 1983 is
still used and has streamlined the
twice daily milking routine.
Many years ago, a street car line
cut through the rural area, passing
by the Moser farm on its way
through the various small towns.
Bill says the streetcar stopped at
the farm to pick up cans of milk
and cream. He was too young to
recall where it was taken or how it
was kept cold.
When a former railroad line
also went near their farm, Mosers
say they lost six cattle because of
an unwise decision by the railroad
officials. Rather than mow the
weeds choking the rail bed, “the
decision was made to spray them
with a poison. The potent sub
stance took their cattles’ lives,
including the lead cow, a Brown
Swiss. Some compensation was
made for the loss of cattle by the
railroad they said.
Harvey says he does the milk
ing chores through the week, then
he and Bill alternate doing the task
on Sundays. Help with the farm
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Moser Brothers’ cattle are
grain-fed twice daily and turned
out for exercise for four hours
each day. Nancy says there is a
great difference in the hooves of
cows which are confined inside.
She said they can grow long and
curl, whereas, cattle roaming out
side have the advantage of the
conditioning and filing as a natur
al sequence. Harvey says it is
sometimes necessary to grind the
hooves if they become too long.
These typically busy farm
wives hold outside jobs. Nancy is
completing her 25th year of
elementary school teaching. She
and Harvey have three children
and five grandchildren. Roberta
and Bill have three children and
four grandchildren. She has an
office position at a local car deal
ership.
The very social Moser clan is an
inherently musical family from
the vocal to the instrumental
talent. Harvey sings and directs a
men’s chorus. Without hesitation,
William says he loves singing sol
os and in quartets. Roberta is the
retired church organist, but Nancy
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easily takes her place and plays
the piano as well their children
are also musicians.
Beside their work and play,
Nancy says they all spend about
two weeknights at the church in
addition to attending Sunday ser
vices, because of involvement in
church affairs.
Bill, a deacon in the Meyersdale
Church of the Brethren, says he
enjoys helping with the annual
Christmas pageant He says it is a
tradition having its beginning in
1939 and is always so well
attended by the community that
it’s presented on two evenings.
During the annual Pennsylvania
Maple Festival, held each spring
in Meyersdale to celebrate the
production of Somerset County’s
maple syrup which is renowned
for its excellence, the Moser’s
help to present the pageant
“Legend of the Magic Water.”
For many years this pageant has
been featured several times during
the week-long festival.
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The brothers belong to the
Meyersdale Young Fanners orga
nization. According to the motto,
“A young farmer is any farmer
that’s willing to learn,” there’s no
age consideration.
Roberta says with artless
humor, “these two don’t qualify
as young farmers, but they are
willing to learn.” Everybody
laughs including her subjects.
The brothers were also mem
bers of the Future Farmers of
America when young. Their prog
eny, following later, were also,
then, and now, members of FFA
and 4-H clubs, entering their ani
mals in the annual county fair.
Harvey says rotational grazing
for livestock seems to be a grow
ing thing with farmers. Paddocks
are used where animals graze
clean one feed lot and are moved
into the next one for grazing.
Though Moser Brothers farm
hasn’t experimented with this
method, they believe it is an
option worth considering.
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