Back in the 1980s, Amish farmers Ivan and Ara Esch raised a passel of kids on a farm in Mt. Joy, Penn. Kids were born in the house, and Holstein calves came into this world just a stone’s throw away, out in the barn.
The place was teeming with children, and the Esches’ larger-than-average dairy herd produced loads of milk for the local market. At times, the Esches had the entire lower floor of the barn packed with cattle.