Jesse Shoopman’s 2,400 hog farm in Casey County, Ky.
Jesse makes sure auto feeders work in the farrowing House. In foreground is a sow with a brand new set of piglets. Light is a headlamp to keep them toasty warm and railing separates sow to prevent her from laying on the piglets.Jesse Shoopman’s 2,400 hog farm in Casey County, Ky.
Jesse Shoopman holds two days-old piglets outside of the Farrowing House as “Jetter” looks on.Jesse Shoopman’s 2,400 hog farm in Casey County, Ky.
Jesse carts away a dead pig from the “grower” barn as Jenny, the border collie, rides along. It’s a daily chore, pigs are are daily checked of various diseases or of sometimes of a cold, if a draft hits them.Jesse Shoopman’s 2,400 hog farm in Casey County, Ky.
While lime dust envelopes the Shoopman’s house, one of the cats walks away.Downtown Liberty, Ky.Hay raking and baling just off of Rt. 49 (N) of Liberty.Mennonite Carriage and horse at farm near Phil south of Liberty.Rustic farm scene near Rt. 70 (W) of Liberty.Equipment shed in back of property in countryside north of Liberty. (little road that goes to Shoopman’s) – Reynolds Creek Rd.Along Rt. 49 north of Liberty, a mailbox and several bags of apples indicating a small orchard.A cow at farm along Rt. 49 north of Liberty.A clear Wilkinson supporter in his hometown, here on a woodshed along Rt. 49 north of town.Downtown, police officer whom asked, “What’s going on?”Cow at farm of Jesse Shoopman’s father, the Someplace, in Reynold’s Creek Hollow.Jesse Shoopman’s 2,400 hog farm in Casey County, Ky.
Glenda does the feeding, checks an automatic feeder, in a “grower barn”A clear Wallace Wilkinson supporter hangs a political sign up on the side of a woodshed along route 49 several miles north of Liberty. Wilkinson calls Liberty his hometown.Jesse Shoopman’s 2,400 hog farm in Casey County, Ky. Jesse, his wife Glenda, Andrea, 15 (r) and Michelle “Lisa” (L), 12 pose in card of house with family farm in the background. Adrena is in the 11th grade at Casey County High, and Michelle is in the 7th grade at Douglas Elementary. Michelle is playing with family dog, “Jetter”Jesse Shoopman shoos a sow out of a holding barn or a gestation barn, she’s about ready to farrow, have pigs.Pigs peeking out of Finishing House, almost ready for market. Shipped at 240 – 250 pounds, sell for about $53/lb.Jesse and his wife Glenda and border collie Jenny head for the gestation building to feed the pigs. Glenda often helps with chores or feeding.Jesse fixes a door on a nursery on the hill behind his house. He is trying to seal it from the cold weather.Jesse’s two hired men, both full-time on his pig operation, Max Dunlap (l), of South Fork Creek and Victor Luttrell, (r) lives next door, clipping the tail of a less than a day-old piglet.Wilkinson support os a pick-up, at light next to Brown’s in Liberty.Liberty countryside. Rural homestead, almost gothic look near Rt. 70 (w) of Liberty.
