Every once in a while I get an unusual request. I guess that should almost be expected since we are the only farm in this area. This week a morning DJ from a very popular Chicago radio station claimed he had always wanted to milk a cow. Since we are in the cow business this was an easy request to help out on. So the day of the milking came and I jump in my truck and start over towards the farm. Just on a whim I turned on the radio to listen to 101.9 "The Mix" to see what Eric and Kathy are talking about and low and behold they are actually going on about the milking that is going to happen at Wagner Farm. Considering my commute is about 4 minutes I figured that was a pretty good omen that the day was going to be a good one. After washing Gibson the cow and really cleaning up the barn I headed up to the heritage center to wait for our guest. At about the same time Ruthie from the Pioneer Press, our local newspaper stopped by because she had heard that Eric was coming. Now we were really in talking, we had photogs. When Eric showed up we started by giving a little tour and showing him how the cows get milked with machines. Being a real man he wanted to experience it old school, milking by hand. After Eric whispering some sweet words to Gibson about being gentle and taking her out to dinner I showed him how to milk and he jumped right in. I'm not sure he really enjoyed it all that much but it is one more thing on his life list that can be crossed off.
If you would like to see the video follow the link www.wtmx.com and look for a section called Eric All Access. It is on the bottom right of the home page.
Just thought you might enjoy seeing how I spent my morning. Life at Wagner Farm is so much fun.
