Schools out for the summer…WOW…3 months of no school, sleeping late
and trips to the pool...Hey, wake up, you’re dreaming, it’s time to milk the
cows and tackle another day of summer life on a dairy farm. But there were
evening family ball games after milking. Cool breezes as you lay in the
grass looking up at the incredible expanse of rural sky. And the fair where
you catch up with old friends and new – bragging rights, water fights - and
other life threatening adventures! Summers were like no other, down on the
farm!

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Shake out the coveralls and add another layer because it’s time to head out and milk
the cows. We used milk cans, Surge buckets and step savers to move milk from the
cow, to the tank, to the creamery. Remember milking cows when the power went out?
And thawing frozen drinking cups?

Dessert twice a day for the cats and dogs was a part of everyday life on our farms.
You’ll also find the cure for chapped hands – and who knows more about chapped
hands than a dairy farmer or a Manicurist!

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Help Wanted – excellent opportunity to work from home 7 days a week/365 days a year.
Morning and evening milking hours, plus perform a variety of tasks. Must be able to lift
heavy weights repetitively while avoiding slippery floors, swinging tails and flying hoofs.
Ability to think on and off your feet is essential!

Intern options available as Daddy’s Little Helper. Advancement opportunities include
feeding calves, tossing down hay and other tasks as determined by Senior Level
Managers (Mom & Dad). There is no PTO when COW milking! The chance to grow up on a baby boomer family farm…Priceless!

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Blest be the ties that bind…and shred and pick corn during Farm Tale days! USDA
predicts a record corn crop for 2025. But domestic use and exports were definitely not
what we thought about as the corn picker parade rattled and banged down the field
driveway.

Join Dan and Daryl as they look back at corn harvest during the Baby Boomer years.
Scoop shovels, portable (not so much) elevators, and a corn crib (why crib?) were the
tools of the day. A 24 row corn head wasn’t even on the horizon as we pulled another
load of ear corn home behind the Farmall “H”. And don’t forget to …DUCK!

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“Sweatin’ to the oldies” was how you felt as you stacked hay in the baby boomer days.
The chaff plugged your nose as sweat streams trickled down your back. After each
load you’d escape the tin roof oven for a cool breeze and a deep drink that gave you
strength for another round in the mow!

Put your chore gloves on as Dan and Daryl take you back to those summer hay days.
On the wagon or in the haymow the bale stream ebbed and flowed with the rhythm of
the farm. Guess what you’ll find in the boogey shed?!

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Hey, it’s time to make hay the old fashioned way! So let’s hook up the rake to the “H” or
“M” and get rolling. Dads pulling the baler out of the back corner of the shed and
greasing it up. That first crop looks great, but it won’t bale itself at least not during the
baby boomer years.

Thanks for joining Dan and Daryl today as they share tales of farmer tans, high fashion
holey jeans and the girl next door. State Prison Hill has a great first crop and the
thermometer says “HOT”! So ready or not, here we come – last one out has to clean
calf pens.

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Farming during the Baby Boomer years had many tales. Remember how that first
cutting of hay always smelled like spring! Whether you grew up on Chipmunk Ridge in
WI, over the hill in MN or insert your “rural route address.” These farm tales take us
back to a simpler time.

Join Dan and Daryl reminiscing about the good old days, down on the farm. We’re firing
up our podcast with sharp sickles, a sharp eye and enjoying an ice cold swallow of your
favorite drink! Don’t step in any cow pies as the past 40 years fade and you get ready to
bale hay.

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