The Rural Voice, 1987-03, Page 41Daryl Graham, 12
Brookside Public School
First for art, ages 9 to 13
Farmin'
There once was a
Man on a farm,
Who meant his
Chickens no harm,
He sprayed in the air,
A chemical snare,
There once was a
Man on a farm.
Dan Thiel, 13
Zurich Public School
Second for poem, ages 9 to 13
o: Planting Time (the Whole Story)
When we plant corn, wheat, beans,
and stuff like that, we have to work
the fields up first. We plow the fields,
then cultivate the fields a couple of
times. We fertilize the field to make
the soil richer. We buy our fertilizer
from the mill. They bring it in a big
truck. They will fertilize it for you,
but we do it ourselves. When we are
finished fertilizing it, we have to buy
our corn and wheat. When we get the
seeds we have to lift the lids off the
buckets that hold the seeds. There is
one kind of seed that is pink and pow-
dery. It will burn your skin if you get
it on your face or hands. When we get
the seeds in the planter we go and
plant the seeds. When we are finished
we have to hook the harrows up be-
hind the tractor. The harrows are used
to push the seeds in the ground so the
birds don't pull them out and eat them.
Then we wait a couple of months.
When we combine the wheat we get
someone else to do it for us. We put
our grain in a little silo. When the
silo is full we put our grain in our bin
in the top of our bam. When we do
com we put the corn cobs in a bin.
The bin has a little tunnel through the
middle to keep the corn moist but we
don't like the tunnel because the rats
get in and chew the corn. Then the
corn is no good anymore. When we
harvest our corn we use a piece of
machinery called a com picker. The
corn picker picks the corn off the
stalks and the com cobs go up an
elevator. Then it goes in a hole and
when it comes out the husks and the
skin are all gone ... We do not feed the
cows corncobs. We use a corn shelter
... The cobs get chopped up and we
use them as bedding. The loose corn
gets mixed with other supplement to
make feed for our cattle. The animals
live happily ever after and so do we:
for another year!
Jeff Wormington, 10, Turnberry
Central, Honourable Mention for
story, ages 9 to 13
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