Farm Life Day 14

Day 14

May 21, 2023


Hours today: 2


Total hours: 59.5

Today was busy, we spent most of the morning cleaning and getting ready to leave and head back to campus. Around 10am we went to see Trask because he needed some help. He wanted help moving the cows from one pasture to another. This seemingly simple task was not so easy. The cows were stubborn and they did not like being told where to go. We used food and we tried to look our biggest to force them in the fence. Eventually we were able to back them into a corner and funnel them into the fenced in area.









 

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