[Untitled Farmer Film]

well what want something to eat he likes his food of ground grain he is also fed hay and green fodder these year-old heifer calves are also hungry and are waiting to be fed they are Guernsey's as are all the cattle on this farm in another year or so these heifers will be grown to full-sized cows and will produce rich creamy milk the combination of ground grain alfalfa hay and green grass which they offend makes them the healthy calves that they are one of the very necessary requirements on a dairy farm is a plentiful supply of good drinking water since even the richest milk is composed largely of water cows must necessarily drink a lot this artesian well keeps the calves well supplied and here is a little newcomer with his mother having breakfast this little calf is only a few days old but he has a big appetite and how he enjoys the rich warm here are the cows after the morning milking going to spend the day in their green pastures from which they will be brought in again in the late afternoon for milking and for additional feeding [Music] meanwhile our little calf has finished his breakfast and what a contented look he has his mother will have to hurry if she's to join the other cows on their way to the pasture in another nearby field a coat wants its breakfast what an easy carefree life a Colt has but by the time he's two or two-and-a-half years old he'll be grown up and will know what hard work is this beautiful stallion is the Colts father he's a purebred Belgian draft horse how large and powerful he is compared with his little offspring out in the hay field one of the farmhands is cutting grass with a more the sharp sickle moving back and forth near the ground cuts the grass off clean as the horses pulled the mower along this is easier than in Pioneer days when the cutting was done by hand with the mowing finished the horses are unhitched from the mower and hitched to the rake this hey cut a day or two earlier is raked into Windrose with a side delivery rate in preparation for loading and hauling here we see the loading of the hay on to the hay rack the hay loader which is fastened to the back of the wagon elevates the hay on to the rack the full load is hauled from the field to the barn horses are also used for this work but mr. Johnson uses his tractor for hard pulling whenever he can't back at the barn the children scamper into the hay mouth before the load arrives a hay fork on a long rope pulled by the tractor lifts the hay into the mouth ah our boys and girls come scooting down just in time to keep from being buried by the huge fort full with the haste safely in the barn the men now turn their attention to other things although the corn is getting rather large it still needs attention and here one of the men is doing the last cultivating of the season mr. Johnson believes in raising much of the food for his cattle and horses on his own farm this is a field of barley it's almost ripe and ready for harvesting and threshing in another field we find oats this too is almost ripe when Thresh this grain will fill mr. Johnson's granary to overflowing and provide plenty of cattle feed for the winter no farm would be complete without chickens and here are some eating grain which has been scattered on the ground for them in the henhouse are still other chickens probably laying eggs what a noise they make and how excited they get when the eggs are gathered eggs are helpful food and who wouldn't enjoy the fresh eggs right from the henhouse and here is the dream of every boy and girl a Shetland pony and its colt only a few months and kittens hi no farm would be complete without kittens the grown-up cats keep the buildings free from mice and rats but we'd better not show too many pets or you will all want to move to the country out in the pasture Betty Lou tries to pet the cows but they don't care to be petted cows are too large for pets anyhow summer is the most delightful time on the farm and it's also a busy time because all the food must be grown and stored for the winter it is now late summer and the corn is full-grown this corn is being cut for insolence the corn binder is pulled by the tractor here but sometimes horses are used instead of a tractor [Applause] the corn that isn't needed to fill the silo will be husked or shredded and the ears used to feed the Hogs the chickens and the horses these bundles however are being hauled to the silo for insolence the tractor which was used to pull the binder and the wagon is now used to run the insulin cutter as the bundles of torn passed through the cutter the stalks are cut into little bits and blown through this long pipe into the silo the finely cut corn is called insulin in a few weeks it will ferment like sauerkraut and be ready for feeding the cows are usually milked twice a day morning and evening it is now late afternoon and the cows are being brought in for the evening milking chef's the farm dog is always on hand to help dick and betty-lou with this job the cows are fed and milked in the barn each cow knows her own place and puts her head through the stanchion which when closed holds her in place while she's being fed and milked although they've had all the green grass they can eat during the day the cows now are fed ground grain to give them some of the food elements which may be lacking on the grass next the cows are thoroughly brushed and cleaned to make certain that no dirt may get into the milk their udders are washed to remove any mud or dirt which might have gotten on in the pasture flies are bothersome pests so the cows are carefully sprayed to kill them in earlier years milking was all done by hand now much of it is done by milking machines such as this one each machine has four cups one for each teat on the cow's udder listen to the action of the pump drawing the milk out of the cow's udder and into the pail no dirt will get into this milk this cow is milked by hand what's the hand squeeze out the milk and listen to the tune it plays on the bottom of the pail next the milk is waved and the weight recorded then it is taken to the milk house and carefully strained through a fine cloth most farmers deliver their milk to the creamery or cheese factory or collecting station in ten gallon cans such as this one but since mr. Johnson sells his milk direct to the city buyer it is bottled for delivery cooling the milk stops the growth of bacteria and helps to keep it from getting sour next the bottles are capped and then stored in a refrigerator awaiting delivery to the city market next morning mr. Johnson loads up his milk truck and starts out to his route in the city