810-Lancasttr Farming, Saturday, Jura 12,1993
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
KIRKWOOD (Lancaster Co.)
Did you know that vitamins,
ball bearings, tires, crayons, shoes,
and glue are made from cows?
That’s what 25 first graders
learned when they visited the farm
Brad Sommers does a cart
wheel on the grass at the
farm.
1. Farmers are important to us because'they: a) work Raid, 6) are
intelligent, c) provide us with food, d) have a lot of land
2. An average fanner in U.S. feeds how many people: a) 5, b) 16, c)
52, d) 114
3. Fanners depend on a very important thing that they have no con
trol of: a) kind of tractors they drive, b) the weather, c) how many
cows they have
4. What plant or animal do the following foods come from;
milk- bacon- butter
cheese- margarine
eggs- spaghetti
pancake syrup- ice cream
ham- peanut butter-
steaks-hamburgers
french fries-
Cereal
com flakes-
5. How many stomachs does a cow have? a) 1, b) 2, c)3, d)4
6. Circle the things a steer or cow might eat: a) grass, b) potatoes, c)
chocolate candy, d) hay, e) apples, f) pretzels, g) grain, h.) potato
chips
7. Circle the things people do not eat: a) potatoes, b) grass, c)
strawberries, d) com, e) hay
8. When riding in the car with your family, what is one very impor
tant thing you can do to help farmers? a) wave at them, b) do not litter
or throw trash in field
9. What can you always do at mealtime that makes a farmer (and
your parents) happy? a) eat all the food on your plate, b) throw some
food away
10. What do you like best about a farmer?
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First-Graders Visit White Rock Farm
of classmate Loren and his parents,
Les and Lois Hershey, recently.
In fact, many more unusual
items are made from parts of the
cow. Les told the students that 98
percent of the cow is processed for
use. That -includes items made
from the hide, hair, hooves, teeth,
bones, body fat, and internal
organs of a cow.
Students took turns drawing
items from a box to learn about
some of the articles that are made
from the cow.
Baseball gloves, balls, rubber
bands, and gummy bears were
some of the children’s favorite
things that they found in the box.
The students even got a gummy
bear to eat and some homemade
ice cream that they helped chum
from the milk of a cow.
In order for the cow to make
nutritious milk, cows need to eat a
balanced diet and not junk food.
The children got to mix feed for the
cows. This included com, com sil
age, shelled com, soybeans, and
cotton seed. The children mixed it
in a wheelbarrow and then dumped
it in a hammer mill where it was
grinded.
Every day, each cow eats 30
pounds silage, 15 pounds grain, IS
pounds hay, and nutrients such as
calcium, magnesium, phosphor
ous, salt, and a vitamin pack are
added. The nutrition of the feed
varies depending on the soil and
weather conditions, for this reason,
the feed is analyzed at a lab every
two weeks.
Each cow also drinks 30 gallons
of water each day. If the cows are
fed and taken care of properly,
each cow will produce about 200
glasses of milk each day.
The farmer told the children
how he grows hay for the cows.
When he cuts the hay, he cannot
see what is in the tall grass. Unfor-
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tunately, many people throw trash
in the fields as they drive by in the
car. The trash gets in the feed. Bro
ken soda bottles and empty Coke
cans can cut the cow’s throat or
tongue and can even kill a cow.
The broken glass and sharp tin can
also flatten tractor tires. It costs
S6OO to $l,OOO to replace a tractor
tire.
“If you litter a farmer’s field, it
is just like someone who would
spit on your food or lay a cigarette
on it,’’ Les said.
The students petted the cows,
puppies, bunnies, and the sheep on
the farm. They climbed on the trac
tors and had a hay ride on the
wagon. They made sun shots by
placing leaves and flowers on a
special piece of paper under glass
that was placed in the sun for a few
minutes. The paper was then
dipped in water and the outline of
the leaves and flowers made a
pretty print picture for them to take
home.
The students said that it was fun
to see where food comes from.
Before they visited the farm, they
took a test to see how much they
knew about farm life. Here is the
quiz for you to take.
The 25 students were divided Into groups
bunnies.
iSurpi. —a cow pie that he
made for the teacher’s birthday. After It was baked In the
sun, the cow pie was topped with birthday candles. Of
course, the teacher and the children did not eat the pie, but
they learned that cow pies are full of nutrition that helps
crops grow when spread on the fields.
Grandpa Floyd oversees the Ice cream churning as first
graders from Bart Coleraln took turns cranking the ice
cream freezer.
turns playing with
floppy-ear