Yep, it’s just 40 pounds to perfection; give or take a month or two. Our cattle grain finishing experiment continues, and today Hilarie and I have to pick up our pork at the butcher. This gives us plenty of meat in storage to last through the winter selling season. On the way to the butcher, I show some of the farms and fields in our area, and talk about what is grown and raised. I visit with the cattle and piglets, and check on Brownie the sow’s pregnancy.
Note:
-We do not offer farm tours or accept visitors
-We do not sell from the farm
-We do not ship our farm’s products
-We do not sell live animals
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Just a Few Acres Farm
PO Box 269
Lansing, NY 14882
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I always loved going out to get the cows in from our lake (Drzewiecki) bring tears to my eyes because those days are long gone! No one does that anymore! Love the content! Have a great day and stay safe!
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Nice work mate carry on with it injoy you 2 all the best for you all.
Your pigs looked good when you had this breeding stock.
when you take the cattle to the butcher, what do you do with the Tongue from each cow/steer??
Piggies get the zooming with fresh bedding!
Loved it for the 2nd or 3rd time.
I was in one of those 70’s garage bands that made it big in 1969. The radio stations still play our tunes in the classic rock format on the air. Who would have thunk?
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Love the content. Hilarie's sarcasm is awesome. please keep the videos coming.
Really enjoyed the banjo playing. Would love to hear more of it. I agree with the old fart opinion.
Seansean you don’t know how bad you do I’m really right
I really like the banjo music. Such calm tunes 😊
Open Mike! Actually not bad!
HI Pete. I love the Drone shots and the visit to the Butcher's. Thank you for telling us your experiments and how they turned out! Please keep playing the Banjo….I love it!
Do you retail sell your meat.
I just turned 28 and I actually completely agree with you "old fart opinion".
Like, don't get me wrong, I love that I was born in the 90's and I wouldn't change that for anything, but I do hate how samey everything is starting to look now. Go to any suburbs and all the houses look the exact same and boring. Modern interior design is all the same grey and white ugly color scheme. It's all just boring.
I think that's partially the reason I've been so attracted to things like camping, travel, van life, and farming stuff. It's completely different than what you'd normally see.
Pete, did you hear that on 1921 Charlie Chaplin anonymously participated in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest? He took third place.
nice little vid pete, and nice picking too,. 20 -25 seconds is enough though
Totally agree with “old fart opinion “ love the videos
100 years earlier. Is way too early. You wouldn’t have any tractors,maybe 50 years earlier.
Seven generations on your farm! Surely your multi-great grandparents who lived on the same land would be happy at what you have done and continue to do and even happier about your family.
I love banjo music.
I love your video
All of your chicken is big 😋
Pete, hey man. Did you ever come to a conclusion on your experiment finishing these heifers on corn? I'm interested to know what you learned. I looked through the comments but didn't seem to find an answer. I'm assuming they went to butcher by now, if that's where they were headed in the first place. Did you do this to your steers as well? TIA! (maybe there's a follow up video and I haven't seen it)
Once, farming could absorb a basically unlimited amount of people willing to work heavy outdoors labor for a living. Not anymore, though, automation and mechanization have closed that door firmly behind them. Even in the last 10 year here on the South Plains of Texas, new cotton strippers that produce wrapped round bales have eliminated three entire season jobs – the boll buggy driver, the module builder, and the tarper. All gone, never to return.
HEY HILLARY Mind Telling Pete to SLOW DOWN A LITTLE ???
Pete, I'm still learning about all the processing rules. I'm curious about the mobile slaughter… can you do mobile slaughter and then still use a USDA butcher? Every time I think I understand everything… I have a new question!!
Hi mate. Just like in Australia. Closing of railways lines . Lack of jobs or people in country areas. The draw if bigger wages is killing the country areas. It is so sad. They all forget.food comes from the country and we need good farming and good people there
A hundred years earlier, I take as little as 50🙂
Thank you
More psychedelic rock on the bango, yes that's the direction you should move in!
Morning Pete. Great video as always. I wanted to ask how often do you put new bedding down? And how often do the pens get cleaned out? Do you ever hose the pens out? I have seen both you and Hilarie shoveling out the pens but never washing them out with water. Is there a reason for this? Oh yes, one more question. I saw in one video that the pigs were eating an old evergreen Christmas tree. What was the reason for that? I am sure you explained it but I forgotten the reason you gave. I LOVED the music you were playing. Thanks so much for sharing all that you and Hilarie do. I hope I am spelling her name correctly. Have a pleasant day.
I'm only 32 and i have the old fart mentality. My husband and i both say we were born in the wrong time period. We bought a small farm (5acres) a couple years ago and slowly getting it going. We have buff orpington chickens and a yorkshire new hampshire cross sow(pearl) and a old spot boar(gimli) like your jonathan. We raise our own meat and garden. The farm across the road from us has a jersey cow that i milk every morning and evening for them in turn for milk. I make our own butter and cheese. I am gonna get me a few dairy goats (nigerian dwarf) soon so we can be even more self sufficient and try to start a small buisness with that. I enjoy watching you and Hillary she has the sweetest smile, very much and love learning new things or maybe doing something that we already do but in a diffrent way. I have been busy canning, i get four 5 gallon buckets full of green beans every few days so I've been in the kitchen non stop seems like and i keep my phone in the window watching all y'alls older videos to keep me company, so thank you for keeping me sane in amongst all these beans lol. Be safe and well and may blessings be upon you ❤🐄🐖🐓🐐
Agree, the more centralized, the less creativity and ingenuity, regardless of the industry.
Another great video. I have been watching all of these videos on my off days and it has been well worth it
Your picking is improving ❤️🩹
Did farmers create real hedgerows? That's an art.
We called the roads that have a bumps “ Thank you MamsL!
Where do you suppose that came from?
Pete, I can't tell you how many times I've said I should have been born 50 years sooner. Mainly because of music, but also goods & services, etc. Everything you said is my sentiments exactly. 🎵🎶❤️
P.S. By the way, I'm 38 years old and grew up 30 miles west of Cleveland. It's pretty big cow and corn country there, as well. 👍