Making The Best Cow Feed With Ear Corn!! John Deere 620 And IH 1150

[@Antiquefarmequipment]

Love the 2cyl john deers!

[@DrEVIL-og4qv]

Dad fed 30 to 40 head of feeder cattle every year from the early 1950's to 1972. As I got older, say 10-12 yrs old to high school age my job was scooping ear corn into a small elevator to grind in a Knoedler burr mill run by a FARMALL M, ground about 50 bushel a week plus fed the cattle 5-6 bales of alfalfa hay. As the years progressed Dad built up a pretty good business selling beef on the hoof for people to custom butcher. That corn fed beef tastes WAY better than anything you can buy in a grocery store or butcher shop. And MAN I miss it! Growing up it was all I was used to! We picked 80 acres of ear corn and all of it was ground for the cattle. We raised 500 to 800 head of hogs farrow to finish with all purchased hog feed. We never butchered a hog. The 160 acre farm wouldn't begin to raise enough corn to feed all the hogs. Dad and a neighbor farmed another 80 on a 50-25-25 basis, 50% to the owner and Dad and the neighbor split the rest. For the time and capital invested it was very profitable. My Brother-in-law still farms, must be close to 500-600 acres. He used to raise about 600 hogs a year but quit about 10 years ago. He feeds about 4-5 cattle to have butchered.

[@johnalexander4356]

I do love the sound those old JD 2 cylinder engines make when they're working. Nothing else sounds the same.

[@randybedker1584]

Dad looked like he was having fun doing something different. Raising your own food is a great thing to know. Especially the way the world is today. I raise chickens for eggs and meat and plant about two acres in garden. Teaching my grandkids everything I can.

[@timmywade1313]

You have the cleanest feed mill I've ever seen

[@tomgiese6614]

i used to grind feed for dairy cows with almost the same outfit. we had a Gehl grinder mixer and I still have the 620. It has been right here on this farm since it was new. it is a 1957. the sound in your video brings back fond memories!

[@morganottlii2390]

Gehl Mixers were the best!

[@rogerschlitter5116]

I ground ear corn and oats for our dairy herd with a Farmhand 810 grinder mixer. Also ground a lot of shelled corn for our hogs. Used a JD 620 and later a JD 2520 on the mill. The good thing about not overpowering the mill is we never had a problem with the mill as long as we had it. It was a little slower than the guys with bigger tractors, but as I said, we never had mill problems. I loved the sound of the JD 620 on the mill. As you said, the sound of a two cylinder is hard to beat.

[@jackbraithwaite8345]

Not sure if you have any in your mix, but Dad always had Molasses added to his recipe. Smells so good, I wanted to have some when I was little. The cattle would climb over each other to get to it. 🐂🐄👍🇺🇲🚜

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

I've been looking forward to this video Brandon. It's great to see the mill you salvaged from the scrap man and the old gal two lunger (not too big, not to small - just right 😊) running the whole shebang. It was a real thrill to hear you wind her up. The grinder may be one of your best purchases ever Brandon. She runs like a champ. Yes the 620 got a workout - but that's what she was built to do. I respect you for putting the right tractor on the job. The simple choice is overpower - but not the right choice. Thanks for showing us your steers. Are you still thinking about fencing your woodlot so they can free range graze? All the best my man!

[@brittblanton8342]

Great video Brandon, brings back memories of the 70’s and 80’s for me. Your steers look great 👍

[@timothygross4329]

Straight pipe for old JOHN..... One of a kind sounds 😊

[@tsparky236]

Brings back memories for sure Brandon, thank you and the 620.

[@randallsullivan3692]

We always put 2 of our best bales of alfalfa in the mix to scrub the rumen a bit. Just break a bale and put in one sheaf at a time.

[@anthonyhengst2908]

I love grinding feed too. I always switched out using Oliver 88 or John Deere G on the Gehl 100 feed mill. I loved hearing the vintage equipment work even if it takes a little longer. Still, the work got done. Your 620 sounds great.

[@briancovel4567]

Wow seeing this brings back memories when I was younger grinding feed on my dad's farm we did corn oats molasses and vitamins love seeing people still doing this

[@79fordblake]

The ole 620 sounded great! I don’t know if you saw or not but a couple weeks ago we picked up a 1940 John Deere H for my wife. Also got a 1 bottom trip plow for it. :)

[@orinbeavers5941]

If you haven't given your goats a cdt shot you might want to do that it's for over eating and tetanus so they don't founder really glad you got your channel back and running again keep them videos coming 👍 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@peteschiavoni]

Great video!! The 620 and international mixer were great to watch and listen to together!! Really enjoyed watching this and hope to see more. Gorgeous looking cows!! I’d have named them T-Bone and Sirloin🤣🤣🤣! You forgot to mention you’ll be getting fertilizer too. May not be a lot but every bit helps.

[@adrianhowley7754]

Hell to the yeah! Love all your content bud!🤙

[@zackbundy8097]

Great video we used do it every yr when I was a kid me and my uncle just picked up 11 calves

[@tapertrain1614]

We feed ground ear corn to our cattle. My kids 4-H calves have won rate of gain at the county level many times feeding ground ear corn. We have a recipe and it’s the same we feed to all our growers.

[@morganottlii2390]

Great job on the ADG competitions! I thought I was the tops with a 4.25 ADG, but 1 of my daughters beat it with a 4.39 ADG. I put Rumensin in the feed for my kids cattle, didn't have it when I was in 4H. Y'all keep at it, it's efficientcy that means profit.

[@tapertrain1614]

@@morganottlii2390 we have a market heifer class at our fair. Our heifer out preformed the steers with 4.92 last year. Angus heifer.

[@morganottlii2390]

@@tapertrain1614 WOW! That's GREAT! Congrats to y'all for really pushing it. Really impressive gains, and I would love to know what you fed in the ration, and if you used any implants. Sounds like you have gotten it tuned in.👍

[@artillerest43rdva7]

Wow just like the on the your friends farm in northern Indiana. how he makes up the feed. just great how it is made up and feeds the herd of cows along with hay. good luck with the cows.

[@yenerm114]

Raising your own beef ya can’t beat it, compared to the stuff ya buy in stores nowadays 👌🤘🤘🤘

[@markkline6718]

One thing about grinding corn or blowing silage you could always twist a tractors tail!

[@kellybenedix5173]

The 620 was a working!! 2 cylinders way cool old school power.

[@garymessina1609]

Looks good to me never seen it done before great video thanks Brandon

[@corsairsmitty9691]

Good to see the 620 working again. When is plow day . I would like to come down and meet you guys. Not sure if I would bring my 63 Massey Ferguson with a 2 bottom Ferguson plow.

[@lt1nut]

Comment for Mr. Al G. O'Rithm.

[@br927]

Love the 620! I worked on a big farm back in the early 70's and we made 3 ton of feed about every third day! Didn't matter if you had a few thousand bales of hay to put in and 120 head to milk! We used a Farmall Super MTA & Gehl mixer grinder!Is that a 53 60 with a loader?

[@morganottlii2390]

Gehl Mixers were the best!

[@johnnyholland8765]

Ground a LOT of hog feed with an IH mill and an old 656...

[@andrewduff4719]

I got a OMC mill I am looking to get stuff to mix and make pig feed I plan on using a Farmall M or a JD A to mix

[@kenthufford7419]

love the 620

[@donneuharth9495]

Do you ever inadvertently add a little "meat and bone scraps" by way of a mouse going through the grinder?

[@alanbierhoff6831]

Just remember…Never name your food! 😆

[@donaldball7513]

Great video Brandon. Would it be possible to get your feed recipe?

[@wademizelle3433]

Great video, how big will your 2 steers be and how many pounds of beef will you have?

[@michaelwood5327]

Lock the steers you want to butcher in a box stall,the meat will be more tender.

[@craigadair128]

What is the plan for the goats - table fare?

[@shakes7333]

Making some cow chow

[@rudycarlson8245]

Hey Brandon, I’ve been following your channel for a while have you decided what you’re gonna do with the 5020? Are you looking at a full engine rebuild on it? Love the channel appreciate you taking the time to make the videos! Take care.

[@chadsmith14]

Is it hard to get your hands on cotton seed from the gin, idk the cost and being y'all don't raise cotton it might be too expensive but that's wat most around here use in their feed is corn and cottonseed

[@jeffkluesner1895]

Hope everyone notices that all your guards are in place

[@loosehandle1]

Dont worry a 720 d would just twist off the pto

[@michaelwood5327]

What is the HP on the 620?

[@dirtgrainsteel]

Around 40hp

[@artillerest43rdva7]

Knapp farm.

[@markkrauss5994]

Is that a 5020 I saw

[@dirtgrainsteel]

Yes It needs over hauled