The Rural Voice, 1980-06, Page 6Living on a Farm
By Pat McCarthy, 10, R.R.1 Dublin
Sometimes on a farm you can find very
interesting things."1-or instance, you can"
find tractors and farm implements. On a
farm there can be a barn with cows,
chickens, pigs and horse in it. There can be
silos or bunker silos for farmers to put their
corn in.
In the Spring farmers have to cultivate
and disc the land so they can plant corn,
grain, beans, oats or barley. In the
Summer farmers have to cut, rake and
sometimes condition the hay. These can be
done by a hay -bine. When the hay is dry
you bale it and put it in a barn or shed.
When the grain is ripe you swath it with
a swather. Then you combine it and put it
in a grain bin. Then the stalks of the grain
are used for straw and you bale it and put it
in a barn or shed.
Near the end of the Summer you pull the
beans with a bean -puller and combine
them. When that's finished you take them
to the co-op and sell them.
When the beans are done you have to
harvest the corn with a forage harvester
and put it in a silo or bunker silo. When
thats done you have to combine a different
kind of corn and take it to the co-op to get
dried. When it's dried you put it in a corn
bin or a butler bin.
In the fall you have to plow all the fields,
when that's done you have supplie s to last
throught the winter.
On the winter mornings 1 have to get up
and feed the cattle corn. 1 have to do the
same thing at night to.
On Saturdays I have to help my dad
clean the manure out of the pens that the
cattle are in. After that I have to chop. For
doing this I get paid 51.75 a week.
The Toad
BY MELANIE VERMEER
AND PETER MacDONALD
GREY CENTRAL SCHOOL
GRADE 1
Riding down,
the country road.
I saw a green thing.
It was a toad!
That toad was little
That toad was scared
Down the road
The little toad teared.
MONA JOHNSTON. 6
RR 1, DUNGANNON
PG. 4 THE RURAL VOICE/JUNE 1980