1950s Feeding Cattle In Winter in Paradise Valley, Nevada - Classic Tractor Fever

It’s the 1950s. How Do You Move Hay In The Winter?
Take a look back at what life was like on a cattle ranch in 1950’s Nevada!
Earlier we shared the “Haying Season” by Les Stewart. This film is also by Les Stewart, titled “Feeding Cattle in Winter”, showing how they moved the haystack to feed the cattle during the winter. At about the one minute mark the film shows unloading the hay with tractors. It’s a fascinating time capsule into 1950’s ranch life in Northern Nevada. “Feeding Cattle in Winter” is part of the Paradise Valley Folklife Project Collection at the United States Library of Congress and is available on their website.
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[@sofakinggood5829]

I love these old guys telling the stories.

[@kylewallace2650]

Love these videos...please post more

[@bigjimbilly1835]

Another cool old video, thanks for posting it.

[@jstbig1]

That pickup was new!

[@claypayer6866]

The men back in those days were men! Not like most of the young kids this country has today. Tough work makes strong men bother physically and mentally.

[@mikecubes1642]

that is a great movie thats why people were thin back then, they worked. all those beefers can really eat a lot of hay each day

[@genechronister7085]

Nice vid!

[@tom5256]

They pretty much still do it like this except the have newer equipment of course. This part of Nevada is called high desert not much vegetation grows there even in the summer time they graze the cattle over several miles of range land during the summer. During the winter they bring the cattle in closer so they can take better care of them and since all the cattle are on a few hundred acres instead of several hundred acres and there is snow on the ground covering the grass they now have to fed them. In the previous video they were showing the hay they have to grow to feed the cattle during the winter.

[@BrianDHoefs]

Hereford’s were more prevalent back then like Black Angus are today.

[@cabbyhubby]

We had a polled Hereford bull when I was a boy, good demeanor, small calves ,easy to handle, his name was Curly

[@jamescharles8263]

Some sweet footage! Would you be open to letting me use a couple shots for a project I'm working on? I'd give you a credit link of course.

[@ryanroberts1104]

When has it ever been 20 below in california?

[@csil2863]

Northern Nevada

[@TightwadTodd]

Depends on what part of Ca. Ive seen it 35 below in North East Ca on a few occasions.

[@ryanroberts1104]

@@TightwadTodd Bullshit. It's *never* been *negative 35* in the state of california. Nor 20 below.

[@Deontjie]

Here in Africa we never had the need to develop a system to save food for a snowy time. That is why we are underdeveloped.

[@danw6014]

There are ranchers who still use a team to feed out hay.

[@justinduke8135]

Yes but not very many

[@mosriteflyinfingers9252]

Can someone explain why hay is stacked in massive, sky-high piles in the western states? Is it because a larger quantity of hay is needed to sustain the cattle through the winter and that your average-sized hayloft is too small to house such a big quantity?

[@ChiefAUS]

MosriteFlyinFingers You have pretty much answered your own questions. Remember this is a very large cattle operation with it looks like at least 1k head. That takes a hugh amount of hay. Remember this was before efficient balers came along as well.

[@dwightl5863]

@@ChiefAUS Possible the hay was stacked in different areas of the range/pasture so it wasn't so far to haul?

[@tom5256]

@@dwightl5863 That's true too they generally have several locations they keep hay and cattle so they don't have too far to go. Remember they are on a ranch in the snow the last thing you want is to be stuck in the snow in the middle of nowhere.

[@csil2863]

In the mountains, where there are elk in the winter, the stacks are fenced to prevent elk eating the valuable hay that has been put up for cattle. In that case, it’s easier and cheaper to construct an elk fence for one or two very large hay stacks than a bunch of smaller stacks.

[@csil2863]

In the mountains, where there are elk in the winter, the stacks are fenced to prevent elk eating the valuable hay that has been put up for cattle. In that case, it’s easier and cheaper to construct an elk fence for one or two very large hay stacks than a bunch of smaller stacks.