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offered to share their facilities so both herds could continue to be
milked. This meant double the hours of milking, compounded by them to get them rounded up and headed home. However, the
the need to rebuild the barn as quickly as possible. Neighbors gath- cows had no interest in being stopped and ran down the road,
ered, and a barn-raising event was organized. through the woods, across neighbors yards, faster and farther than
on any other occasion.
During this time, young Walt Brockett was helping with the dou-
ble-duty chores the day after Christmas, feeding silage to the cows. Eventually, the cows tired out, and of course, the farmers were
He was wearing his brand new Carhartt work jacket. A belt on the also exhausted, but finally managed to drive the herd home again.
forage wagon broke and suddenly Walt’s jacket was caught up in Once order was restored, the men had a good laugh as they thought
the whirling power takeoff shaft. He was twisted into the mech- about the homeowners, just getting up for their morning coffee af-
anism, which fortunately stalled the idling tractor. Rushed to the ter New Year’s Eve, and looking out to see a herd of black and white
hospital by ambulance, he suffered a dislocated shoulder, broken cows racing through their neighborhood. Imagine what they might
arm, and deep lacerations, but no permanent injuries. His rugged, have thought on that first day of the New Year!
new jacket prevented much more serious damage.
As you can see, farm life includes hard work, long hours, excite-
Speaking of cows, there was an eventful New Year’s Day morning ment, and good memories!
when, for some unknown reason, the herd of cows in the pasture
spooked, broke through the fence, and galloped south on Thomp-
son Street, heading into East Haven. The farm crew took off after

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