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Grace, 12

I help with chores in the mornings and at night. My favorite chore is running the barn cleaner. My least favorite chore is throwing down and packing bales because packing bales is hard work.

My favorite animals on my farm are Cutie and Tiger, two of our cats, and Mr. Wilson, our cow. Cutie and Tiger are both very friendly cats, and Mr. Wilson is a cow that likes people.

I want to be a teacher when I grow up.

Anna, 7

I help on my family's farm once each week. My favorite thing to help with on the farm is feeding the cats because it is easy. My least favorite chore on the farm is milking cows because it is hard.

If I had my own farm, it would be a horse farm. The baby cats are my favorite animals on my farm because they don't have such sharp claws. When I grow up, I want to be a gymnastics coach.

Abigail, 14

I help on my family's farm every day after school at 4:30, and on the weekends. I help milk our cows in the morning and at night.

My favorite chore is feeding the cows because it is very easy and only takes half an hour. Baling hay is my least favorite chore because it is so much work and it is usually very warm out.

When I grow up, I want to be a mathematics teacher. If I had a farm of my own, it would be a normal farm, but I would have horses. My farm would have big trees in the yard and a nice house.

Although I don't have a favorite animal, I do like the baby cats because they are so cute.

Sam, 9

I help on our farm every morning and every night. I like milking the cows, because I get to wipe off my favorite cows; I wipe off about 25 cows and then milk them.

My favorite animal on my farm is my cat. Her name is Cutie.

I want to be a farmer when I grow up.

The Hopfers are the children of Pete and Vicki Hopfer. They milk 54 cows near Lake Henry, Minn.

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