Shalali Infante and Pint-Size Farm, located in New Mexico, breeds miniature jerseys, Nigerian dwarf goats, and American Guinea Hogs shipping animals all over the U.S.

Irrigation day.

As soon as milking was done, I washed 3.25 pounds of butter.  Then I skimmed 8.75 gallons of milk for butter and clabber.  I made 4 qts of yogurt with the afternoon milking.

I was in charge of opening all the gates from the main ditch down to our little private ditch.  I didn’t have to do much, because someone used it in the morning, and just kept it running, so I just made sure it was in fact open all the way.  When I was finished, I turned management over to the neighbors, and I don’t know when it got shut down all the way.  Hopefully, it wasn’t too late.  During irrigation, a storm started coming in.  We also overflowed into the Apricot yard and the Old Chicken yard again.  I had the little truck loaded up and was able to kind of stay on top of it.  It was odd to be shoveling dirt to stop irrigation flooding in a rain storm.  Ah, the joys of living in New Mexico.

We had chicken and rice.

Milk Stats: We milked 7.06 gallons; Sally gave 25.4 pounds or 3.05 gallons; Janie gave 20.8 pounds or 2.49 gallons; Annie gave 12.7 pounds or 1.52 gallons; we collected 24 eggs or 2 dz.

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