Milking Time

These men keep busy with the milking of such a large herd. The milk is sold locally (about 3 miles from the farm) to Holmes Cheese. The cheese company comes once each day to transport the milk back to the cheese plant.

Two-Hour Old Calf

This little gal (the calf) was born out in the field and was unexpected. The girl rode out to get the calf on a 4-wheeler, holding it on her lap as she came back to the barn. (Two more pictures of the calf follow on the next screen).

Bottle Feeding

This 2-pint bottle of milk will help this little gal grow.

Nap Time

After a nice warm bottle, a little nap is in order.

Fireman's Festival

A neighboring town, Berlin, lying in the heart of Amish country, has the distinction of being the largest tourist attraction in the state of Ohio. The town also attracts local residents throughout the year with various activities. One of these is the Fireman's Festival. This event, to raise money for the local volunteer fire department, gets underway on a Saturday afternoon at around 4:00p.m. with a barbecue chicken dinner (via donations), gospel groups and bluegrass groups performing, a "dunk tank", and all kinds of food, cotton candy, soft drinks, etc. At around 8:00p.m. there is a competition among firemen from various fire departments in the area. The following photographs show the competition and after this is finished, a fireworks display caps off the event.

Berlin Water Tower

The Berlin water tower at sunset. The pronunciation of Berlin was originally Ber-lin' until the entrance of the United States into World War II. With Germany as our enemy the town folk did not want to be considered to be friends of the Germans so the pronunciation was changed to Bur'-lin and this pronunciation remains today.

The Competition Barrel

This barrel is suspended by an eyelet hooked around a cable about 10 feet in the air. The cable extends crosswise over three tennis courts. The object of the competition is to drive the barrel along the cable with the 120 psi water pressure from the fire hoses so that it slides past the opponents goal. The opposing team is trying to drive the barrel in the opposite direction with their high pressure water. Firemen compete as a 3 person team - one holding the nozzle of the fire hose and controlling the direction of the high pressure spray while the other two team members keep the length of hose out of the way of the first fireman as he goes back and forth under the cable.