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My wife and I are attempting to restore my family farm. I was only able to save 10 acres and the homestead that has been in my family since 1843 (our daughter and two sons are the seventh generation to live here). I remember my grandpa having black angus and I am bully-be-damned to "do it the way Grandpa used to". I have the barn in pretty good shape (it was leaning bad and the roof was sagging) when I moved in 12 years ago, but an ol timer told me that "it took a long time for that building to get that way, it'll take a long time to bring-er back". Any way, the only thing I know about having 2 or 3 cows is the feed goes in one end and comes out the other. I am not into making any profit, I am doing this because it is part of my heritage and my wife ( originally a city girl) and I REALLY love our life. We currently have 40+ hens that we raise to give our children CLEAN eggs and sell what we can't eat. Now we are about ready to add a couple of calves in the spring (I also want to get a pony for my 4 year old daughter), is there any problem with housing the two in one barn? As we have a hand crank 1941 Farmall A that is our snow removal/lawn mower/landscape tractor, I plan to have someone else plant and harvest what we will not use. Any input would be greatly appreciated