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Also a big help on the farm is
Pepper’s grandson, Nate Woos
ter, who has helped him since he
was a little boy.
“He’s been following me
around ever since he was big
enough to walk,” said Pepper,
with a laugh.
On the farm. Pepper grows
110-125 acres of com on his
420 rented and owned tillable
acres. He also raises hay and
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about 20 acres of oats.
Each year the Peppers
harvest about 800 tons of com
silage and 190 tons of high
moisture com. The balance of
the com is placed in the crib.
“The high moisture com is
ground ear com,” said Pepper.
All the hay on the farm is
baled in both square and round
bales.
“We put up about 25,000
square bales and the rest of it we
round bale,” he said.
The feed is put to use to nour
ish the 67 milking animals and
44 heifers kept on the farm.
Currently the herd averages
17,500 pounds of milk which is
shipped through Farmland
Dairies.
In addition to the Holsteins,
the Peppers used to keep several
Percherons on the farm, hence
the farm name, Holsteins and
Horses. Although he sold his
last horse recently, he admits he
will probably get another some
day.
“I was brought up in the
horse era,” said Pepper, "and it
never leaves you. My grand
father used to say, ‘There’s
something about the outside of
a horse that’s good for the
inside of a man.’”
Bom and raised in the area on
a farm with his three brothers,
Pepper purchased this farm in
1958 after renting it for two
years. He and his wife. Janet,
raised three children: Tom, who
farms with his family in Roar
ing Branch; Deborah, who runs
astore in the area with herfami
ly; and Michele, who, along
with her family, recently
stopped dairying.
As for the future of the farm.
Pepper says it’s up to his grand
son. who is considering farming
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“We’re in the thinking pro
cess of doing something now.
Nate Wooster feeds a forkful of corn silage to the
cows. Wooster, Tom Pepper’s grandson has spent
time on the farm since he was a little boy.
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