December 8, 2022 at 8:00 p.m.
Kids Corner: The Klinkners
The Klinkner family – Liam (front, from left), Brad, Hank, Alice and Tressa; (back, from left) Travis and Krista holding Aiden – stand together Nov. 12 on their farm near Genoa, Wisconsin. The Klinkners milk 60 cows. PHOTO BY ABBY WIEDMEYER
7 years old
Second grade
When do you do chores and what chores do you do? We mostly do chores a minute after school. We milk cows and clean mangers. I try to clean the hay mow too.
What are your favorite and least favorite chores? My least favorite chore is milking cows because I lose track of them. My favorite thing to do is sneak up on my dad to surprise him.
Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? All the cows are my favorite but especially Honor because I took her to the fair when I was 4 years old.
What is your favorite subject in school? Snack time because I get to eat.
Tell us about something you have recently learned in school. To be nice, kind and respectful.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A dairy farmer.
What is your favorite dairy treat? Ice cream.
What do you like to do on the farm during the winter? Sled.
Brad Klinkner
6 years old
First grade
When do you do chores and what chores do you do? We clean mangers at 7 p.m.
What are your favorite and least favorite chores? I like to clean mangers because I get paid. I do not like milking cows because it’s a lot of work.
Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? My kitty, Golden Ninja. He is orange with stripes. He looks golden.
What is your favorite subject in school? Math because I get to do plusses, and those are easy.
Tell us about something you have recently learned in school. Antarctica is the coldest continent on Earth.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A farmer.
What is your favorite dairy treat? Vanilla ice cream.
What do you like to do on the farm during the winter? Sledding and building snow tunnels and forts.
Hank Klinkner
5 years old
Kindergarten
When do you do chores and what chores do you do? We milk cows and clean mangers at night.
What are your favorite and least favorite chores? My favorite chore is harvest because the cows eat what we get from the crops. I don’t like playing anything in the hay mow except basketball. I like basketball.
Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? The cows, especially Tinkerbell because she has black spots.
What is your favorite subject in school? Recess because I get to play on the playground.
Tell us about something you have recently learned in school. Doing team boards with numbers.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A dairy farmer.
What is your favorite dairy treat? Ice cream and hot chocolate.
What do you like to do on the farm during the winter? Sledding on snow piles.
Alice Klinkner
3 years old
When do you do chores and what chores do you do? I help milk cows at night and in the morning. We let cows out both times.
What are your favorite and least favorite chores? Milking is my favorite because I love it. I do not like scraping because it is hard.
Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? I love Chief, the new puppy. He is my favorite because he is soft.
What do you want to be when you grow up? Doctor.
What is your favorite dairy treat? Ice cream.
What do you like to do on the farm during the winter? I like sledding because I have my own sled.
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