Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

This is barn on wife' cousins original farm, that their son now runs. It was in her husbands family before.
I was in back of minivan, so didn't get a good picture.

Their oldest daughter looks like a teenager, but has 6 children. THis is their butcher shop. They just sold off their milk cattle, and the butcher shop is now their full time business. Their little kids that aren't old enough for school were helping wash down the butcher area while we were there, the area left of the door. Off to the right is a beautiful stone house they live in. Absolutely gorgeous area. They butcher pigs, beef, bear, deer, etc, and you can buy meat from them. The rail on the left side, is an overhead lift where they hang them to bleed out, and cut into halves. next to it is a cold storage room to hang halves, they had about 20 in there yesterday ready to be cut up. then they have another cold room to keep cut up meat in, all tagged in bins to identify the owner, and another freezer room behind that.

Their youngest daughter lives in town, and works in local store. She isn't married yet. She was out bow hunting so didn't get to meet her. Didn't meet her son either, he was in the barn milking and we didn't go in, but met his wife and new baby.

 

[LouNY]

This is barn on wife' cousins original farm, that their son now runs. It was in her husbands family before.
I was in back of minivan, so didn't get a good picture.



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Their oldest daughter looks like a teenager, but has 6 children. THis is their butcher shop. They just sold off their milk cattle, and the butcher shop is now their full time business. Their little kids that aren't old enough for school were helping wash down the butcher area while we were there, the area left of the door. Off to the right is a beautiful stone house they live in. Absolutely gorgeous area. They butcher pigs, beef, bear, deer, etc, and you can buy meat from them. The rail on the left side, is an overhead lift where they hang them to bleed out, and cut into halves. next to it is a cold storage room to hang halves, they had about 20 in there yesterday ready to be cut up. then they have another cold room to keep cut up meat in, all tagged in bins to identify the owner, and another freezer room behind that.
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Their youngest daughter lives in town, and works in local store. She isn't married yet. She was out bow hunting so didn't get to meet her. Didn't meet her son either, he was in the barn milking and we didn't go in, but met his wife and new baby.

Interesting, are they butchering for the animals owner only. Or can the butchered meat be sold by the owners by the pound?
In my state the butcher shops that are state inspected can only do meat for the animals owner. If a farmer is have several beefs cut up to sell by the pound it has to be done through a FDA inspected slaughter house with an inspector on duty the whole time.

 

[daugen]

got the leaves done and as expected got filthy doing it.
one more pass in a week and they should be done.
then called local golf cart dealer where I bought my Club Car Precedent golf cart and described it to him, he said
they are holding their value due to high cost of new, I paid 6500 with the lift kit, new tires, custom upholstery and convertible dump body.
He said he would sell it for 5500 now easily
what was wholesale?
I'd give you 4000
ok, sounds like 4500 is a fair price.

need to vacuum house, been tracking too much leaf litter in. Absolutely not my favorite thing to do.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Interesting, are they butchering for the animals owner only. Or can the butchered meat be sold by the owners by the pound?
In my state the butcher shops that are state inspected can only do meat for the animals owner. If a farmer is have several beefs cut up to sell by the pound it has to be done through a FDA inspected slaughter house with an inspector on duty the whole time.

For the owner. You can buy a quarter or half from someone and they will cut it. Not sold by pound.
This is how we buy from our neighbor, they send to get butchered, we get it wrapped and frozen.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Had a friend that was a govt USDA inspector. They definitely weren’t there the whole time. 20 yrs ago he said they would let chicken slaughter houses “self inspect”.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Just heard my oldest brothers lymphoma has returned.

 

[NHBX]

Happy birthday Scotty

 

[NHBX]

Prayers BEF

 

[Looking4new]

Happy Birthday Scotty!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy birthday Scott.