It's Evening Milking Time On The Farm...Amish Farm Lancaster County, PA

[@Hepad_]

No matter the community, farm kids always seem so well behaved. I wish I could've grown up in that kind of environment !

[@LancoAmish]

These girls are the best!!

[@irishlad8797]

What a wonderful little girl flat out busy helping out and shes in her bare feet too Theres something so peaceful about the aAmish farming systems Lovely video as usual Seamus from Ireland 😎

[@SCANIAMAN66]

Your cows are in excellent condition and it is great to see the children helping out..best regards from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Boss-yb8ud]

🤨great condition?! did you see the hooves

[@SCANIAMAN66]

@@Boss-yb8ud Why don’t you get yourself down there and sort it out?

[@edwardzarnowski5558]

Thanks for making this video! So many people have no idea what hard work goes into dairy-ing. Farming is The Best place to raise a family ! God Bless all the farmers and their families !

[@saraklotz7155]

Thank you so much for sharing how these wonderful people live!

[@philiciamurray3281]

Just moved to Lancaster last year from nyc and I want to spend a whole day on a farm. I’m a city girl but since I was young I swear I belong on a farm thank you for your videos

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching. I appreciate that and your comment!

[@MGodzik]

Holy hell! Those kids are walking barefoot in the barn! Scraping cow crap into the gutter! What the heck!

[@LancoAmish]

…and they’re still alive and kickin!

[@timothygeorge1191]

Great Video ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. From Wisconsin Dairyland 🧀🧀

[@rebeccabowman6577]

Thanks for sharing. I worked on a dairy farm when I was a teenager and I always helped with milking. We had a milking parlor so it was a bit more easier to milk. I wondered how the Amish milked. I know they don't have parlors. We had I believe once a month a person (milk inspector) come in and take samples from each cow, do the Amish do this as well? It's definitely interesting how they do it, but it's mostly the same as we did. Spray the teat with iodine then wipe clean squirt a little milk out to check from mastitis then if the cow didn't have mastitis we put the milker on. Then when the milker came off we sprayed the teats again and when the six cows were done they went out and 6 more came in. We had a 12 stall milking parlor so 12 cows at a time. Nice to see the young ladies out helping dad out. I remember having to do what they did. Washing down the cow manure and then cleaning the parlor giving it a good scrub once a month but washing it down everyday. I even had my own cow. Best time of my life working on the farm. Even helped in the fields before milking time.

[@LancoAmish]

The dairy is periodically inspected and I believe each milk pickup is inspected at the plant. Any offending farmer pays for the entire section of the compartmented tanker that gets dumped. This farmer has never had any problem nor did his father before him. 30 years between them. This method of milking is pretty much how my neighbor milked in the 60’s and 70’s except he didn’t have the vacuum transfer to the bulk tank. Every milker was dumped by hand. My after school job was cleaning and sanitizing milkers, assembling them and cleaning and sanitizing the bulk tank after pickups.

[@rebeccabowman6577]

@@LancoAmish thanks for the reply. That is good it works out for him and that it worked before him. I love how the Amish do things and it's just neat to see the difference between their way and ours though really it's not all that much different. I like learning about how they do things. I am glad you share how they do things and I enjoy getting to watch the videos you make. I am hoping to visit an Amish dairy farm soon. I really enjoy learning their way of life and how they make things simple. I hope to make friends with an Amish family some day.

[@doublekhobbyfarm]

Oh my gosh. I want to buy shoes for for those girls in the barn! I can see running around in gardens and yard with no shoes but not the barn

[@LancoAmish]

They’d kick them off. 🙂

[@undergroundkustomz2796]

Such a hard working people!!

[@jeremyfreeman717]

No different than any farmer

[@brentreid7031]

Nice set up. I remember having a milking system like that back in the 60s , then a stainless steel pipeline in the 70s. Our Cube cooler use to be hooked up to the water line for the cattle to drink. Noticed the cow's eating silage. Does it come from a bunker or upright silo. Thank you for your time.

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching. The setup is very 60’s-70’s small dairy farm setup. The silage is from an upright silo. Check out my channel and there are lots of harvesting videos with horses.

[@chrisbennett8538]

You didn't have a glass pipeline way back in the day I saw one in the barn in the 70s.

[@workhardlivefree3818]

Not sure what the frequency is for these fine folk, but around here our cattle are milked 2 times a day 6am... 6pm... This is impressive as the Amish don't like to be filmed.

[@johnmcque4813]

There are so many rats on farms, especially rural farms. Cats are a must need. I adopted a farm cat, and there were at least 50 cats rescued, the old guy who cared for the cats passed.

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching. We used to rat hunt with pitchforks growing up. 🤣

[@adriaandekam3883]

Very good film. Thanks from the Netherlands Sorry but could you hint the hardworking family that I noticed quite some long hoofs which need to be cut without delay. This will also help milk production.

[@LancoAmish]

The hoof trimmer was at the farm yesterday actually 8-9-22. Twice a year scheduled.

[@user-zu2bw7ig5v]

I was going to comment this same thing. I'm hoof trimmer myself and it was the first thing I noticed. Also the cows need to spend more time outside it would help their legs and swollen hocks.

[@2olvets443]

So exactly when did the Lancaster Amish start using cars and engines? Are Mennonite’s being confused for Amish?

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching. The truck in the video is mine. Lancaster Amish and the majority of Amish in North America use gas or Diesel engines in some manner…even the most conservative of them. Been using for decades now.

[@chrisbennett8538]

Aren't those called step savers??

[@boathead22000]

That young lady thought nothing about working in the poo barefooted......lol

[@brucestorey917]

It is easier to clean your feet than it is to clean your shoes.

[@gmar4454]

Do your own research. Children who grow up in the country have less health issues then city children

[@BrianPiperata-ov2yu]

yong children should watch this so they understand the way of WORK

[@LancoAmish]

These kids are great aren’t they? Mom makes sure these girls have plenty of play time but chores are a very essential part of their life. Chores most certainly make kids responsible and add structure to their lives. Both are so important.

[@kirbygulbrandsen4507]

Panama City Florida, USA. 🇺🇸 No Snow Just Breeze !

[@rebelgaming7718]

Them amish kids are braver then most of us who wear shoes and boots

[@LancoAmish]

They are tough little girls that’s for sure!

[@rebelgaming7718]

@@LancoAmish yep

[@jediskunk67]

I would’ve figured they’d milk their cows by hand.

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching. Some Amish groups still do but that limits them on the size of their dairy herd. They aren’t making their sole living from dairying. The Lancaster Amish are milking 50-60 head. Not feasible by hand.

[@hotliks40]

I enjoyed this..

[@gregjohnston9287]

Serious need for hoof trimming. Are the cattle pastured?

[@LancoAmish]

Twice yearly the Mobil trimmer comes in. They are not pastured.

[@alfheib]

I hope you think the Amish farm for letting you film there and that sometimes garbage can be very protective of people filming them or taking pictures of them have a nice day p

[@LancoAmish]

Huh? Garbage?

[@alfheib]

@@LancoAmish sorry I used speak to text and it wasn't garbage was supposed to be Amish

[@jerryuhrmacher7711]

How come steam pressure washing isn’t used to clean the grates behind the cows,for all the cows Waste to build up,that’s got to have bad bacteria forming. when do the grate’s get steam cleaned to get rid of problems from harmful bacteria just doesn’t seem that clean to me

[@LancoAmish]

The bacterial count of the milk is checked periodically. The entire milking procedure is inspected periodically. This is a grade A dairy. Steam cleaning would result in a clean grate until the cows once again pee and poop on it. There’s no way for a dairy to be bacteria free. The bacteria count has to be less than what is set by the USDA. There is bacteria in all milk for liquid consumption. That is why grade A milk is pasteurized. Most dairy families drink their milk unpasteurized. Humans’ immune systems would be in sorry shape if all pathogens were eliminated from the food we eat.

[@billlowe6883]

Bare footed? Wow, they are rugged.

[@taggunter975]

Awesome job

[@mitchellmagden8283]

When you're not be easy if you put a pipeline then you would just have to take the machines and hook them up to the pipe I think that would be a lot more sanitary instead of dumping it into a thing or pumps it into the tank I don't know if that's really sanitary

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching. Every Grade A Dairy in the US (fluid milk dairy) is inspected on a regular basis. A dairy farmer doesn’t risk unsanitary conditions because he’s responsible for the entire tanker load of milk if his should be bad. (too high bacterial count etc.)This type of dairying was quite common nationwide up through the 70’s. Other methods came into being not really for sanitary reasons but for ease of milking. Unless a farmer sells unpasteurized milk all grade A milk goes through pasteurization because there is a bad bacteria count no matter how “sanitary” the milking process seems to be.

[@billsteinly8105]

70 minutes for 50 cows. How many milkers were being used? It took us about 2 hours for 3 milkers done by 2 people. We had an 8 cow stanchion milking parler where 4 cows were being prepped and 4 cows were being milked. The cows waiting to be milked were in the free stall area and the milked cows went to the feeding area to eat hay or silage.

[@LancoAmish]

3 milkers, 1 person milking one girl prepping.

[@billsteinly8105]

@@LancoAmish with that kind of set up you don't have to shuffle cows around so you can keep milking. With my dad's set up instead of pouring milk, we hooked the milkers on to a glass pipeline. He might have poured milk in his first set up, because we had the milk buckets. He had since made upgrades. It may have been a combination of equipment wear and tear and compliance of the periodic inspections.

[@wendyjorge1050]

girls aren't afraid get their hands Dirty or Feet, "the guy" their Dad, wears shoes and gloves on his hand, nice operations

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching. Most of these kids don’t wear shoes in the warmer weather. Dad has to wear the gloves for sanitary reasons.

[@tomtubman]

The girls have tough feet by the looks of it

[@joelspitzer4404]

how can I get such a tour

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching. This wasn’t a tour but there are Amish farm tours. You can do an internet search.

[@joelspitzer4404]

@@LancoAmish thx

[@joelspitzer4404]

@@LancoAmish are the amish healthy ?

[@campingfishingloveeveryday3229]

wish i could milk cows with the amish love milking cows

[@campingfishingloveeveryday3229]

i miss milking cows would love to milk cows for a amish porson

[@peteredelhofer6852]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@MattsInTheBelfry]

I thought the Amish didn't use electricity.

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching. The vast majority of Amish use some type of electricity whether AC or DC. Here it’s AC from an inverter.

[@jimamccracken5783]

They do if they generate it on the farm. They do not connect to the power grid from the outside world.😉

[@Dreddip]

@@jimamccracken5783 but its okay to connect to the diesel/fuel provided by the "outside world"? Very interesting logic to live by. I would argue that it would be okay to use more modern technology to provide for and support their way of life but to refrain from such things in the day-to-day/home life. I think that's a roundabout way to describe how they live?

[@carmfarm5]

Every community has a different set of rules. This group allows a Diesel engine to generate power. Some allow pneumatic tires. One group I know of allows tractors, but only in the farm yard, not in the field

[@TranNguyen-mg9qq]

@@Dreddip i think there is no perfect way to be Amish, so they have to make decisions that are not black or white. They have to find the right balance to preserve their identity. Not connecting to the grid is an symbolic act, to not connect to the world all the time. Just my guess ..

[@rayad45]

some of the cows need there hoofs trimmed

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching. Custom Mobil trimming scheduled.

[@DS-dt3ef]

And you probably need your toes trimmed

[@lauriekerze3461]

Barefoot is a good way to get ring worm.

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching. By the end of the day a farmer has contacted hundreds of possible locations where ringworm could be present. Every fence, stanchion, wall, floor, water trough, milker, neck chain, harness, horse, cow, pig, goat, cat, kitten, dog, and puppy can transmit to humans. No way to stop it…shoes or not.

[@vernonsterrett7849]

Why are the girls barefoot and the men not ??

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching. Very few Amish kids wear shoes when it’s warm out. A lot of other country kids don’t either.

[@nancyayala2217]

There children leave them alone. Honestly who cares if there wearing shoes or not. You’re not there parents.

[@mitchellmagden8283]

You guys need to do the trim the cow's feet you

[@LancoAmish]

The hoof trimmer was there the day after the video was made. Twice a year.

[@himself2]

She’d need to wash her feet!

[@oldthudman]

Young Lady put some shoes on out there in the cow barn.........Bare foot is OK but germy out in the barn............😊

[@LancoAmish]

Not a chance shoes will stay on with these girls until it gets cold.

[@VitaKet]

Cow dung is known to be antimicrobial just fyi.

[@gustyattaway6419]

HOOFS need trimming

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching. They were scheduled a few days later. They are on a 6 month trimming schedule.

[@nickknickerbocker6415]

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[@walterperry4565]

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[@JohnSmith-wx5bh]

no covid sickness in these cows. If you want some real immunity, then tread around some cow manure with bare feet. Cows are tough, they can lay around in manure and not get sick. City folks never get exposed enough on a regular basis to have much, if any immunity at all.

[@Dreddip]

You have a very poor understanding of immunology and the microbes present in bovine manure if you think covid or any dieses resistance is in any way linked to manure/farm exposure.

[@MrBroomy]

Sorry, I just have to say a few comments. I grew up on a dairy farm. For safety reasons, we approached the cows from the side so if they would happen to kick with their hind leg, no issue. With the girls approaching from the back, I don't think that would turn out so good. I also don't see eating around the cows cause where there are cows, you have flies. Bare feet and manure? Boots are a much better option for safety and cleanliness. The dad wore shoes. I know it is the Amish way but healthy kids are the Amish way as well.

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching. My boss was almost crushed to death by a cow leaning on him from the side. Almost didn’t make it. However, I see your point. The shoes…forget it, an Amish kid isn’t wearing shoes in the summer…they will “lose” them quick! 🤣

[@chrisbarr1359]

The Amish have some disgusting hygiene. Having their kids walk barefoot in manure is just the beginning. The also run puppy mills that are horrible and inhumane. To them, children and animals exist to do work and make money. They live their lives for the almighty dollar.

[@andypszeniczny6352]

Think this is hard i still use the original Surgery belly milkers with dumpingstation on 60 cows and im not amish or Mennonite

[@hotliks40]

Wow..more power to you sir..that us indeed a working life ..

[@nevinmiller9831]

Cows normally to the front or side.

[@adelheidharvey657]

I'm surprised the little girl is not wearing shoes. Why ask for infections ? 😊

[@LancoAmish]

So many country kids didn’t wear shoes in the past and many still don’t even today. We can’t shield our bodies from every bad thing to come along and expect our wonderful immune system to protect us when it really has to.

[@buzzk9303]

Barefoot

[@saszablaze1]

Thought amish don't use technology Camera ok But all that machinery?!

[@LancoAmish]

The majority of Amish use a lot of “technology”. Even the most conservative of them have gas or diesel engines for various jobs. They are very pragmatic…they have to be able to make a living and it’s very difficult in today’s world without the use of more and more “modern stuff”. I’m not Amish and I do the videography. Thanks for watching!!