Kids Corner: The Hemmesches

Ethan
Hemmesch
11 years old  Fifth grade

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? During the week, I help at night. On weekends, I help mornings and nights by milking the cows.

What are your favorite and least favorite chores? My favorite chore is driving tractor in the summer, and my least favorite is cleaning calf pens.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? My favorite animals are kittens because they are clumsy.

What is the best thing about growing up on a farm? I like farm-fresh milk from the bulk tank.

What is your favorite subject in school? My favorite subject is lunch.

Tell us something you have recently learned in school. I learned how to divide fractions.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A farmer.

What is your favorite dairy treat? Dairy Queen.

What do you like to do on the farm during the winter? I like to drive tractor.

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? At night I feed cows, straw calves and feed the chickens, bunny, cats and dogs.

What are your favorite and least favorite chores? My favorite is strawing calves. My least favorite is feeding cows.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? My favorite is Honey because she is a Brown Swiss.

What is the best thing about growing up on a dairy farm? I like seeing all the baby animals and naming all the animals.

What is your favorite subject in school? My favorite subject is art.

Tell us something you have recently learned in school. I learned dividing.

What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a veterinarian.

What is your favorite dairy treat? Ice cream.

What do you like to do on the farm during the winter? I like to sled in the pasture.




When do you do chores and what chores do you do? After school, I feed cats and dogs.

What are your favorite and least favorite chores? I like feeding cats and dogs. I don’t like chores.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? A Brown Swiss cow named Honey.

What is the best thing about growing up on a dairy farm? I like seeing the cute calves.

What is your favorite subject in school? It’s reading.

Tell us something you have recently learned in school. I’m learning sight words.

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? I help feed calves in the morning.

What are your favorite and least favorite chores? I like to feed cows and calves but not help calves being born.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? Baby calves because they are cute. I like to move them to the heifer barn.

What is the best thing about growing up on a dairy farm? I get to go cat fishing (pull a string around the barn and have cats chase the string).

What is your favorite subject in school? I like it when Mom reads books to me.

Tell us something you have recently learned in school. I went snow shoeing for the first time this winter.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A fireman.

What is your favorite dairy treat? Ice cream and blueberry yogurt.

What do you like to do on the farm during the winter? Sled, make snow angels and eat icicles.

Ellie
Hemmesch
9 years old  Third grade

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? At night I feed cows, straw calves and feed the chickens, bunny, cats and dogs.

What are your favorite and least favorite chores? My favorite is strawing calves. My least favorite is feeding cows.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? My favorite is Honey because she is a Brown Swiss.

What is the best thing about growing up on a dairy farm? I like seeing all the baby animals and naming all the animals.

What is your favorite subject in school? My favorite subject is art.

Tell us something you have recently learned in school. I learned dividing.

What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a veterinarian.

What is your favorite dairy treat? Ice cream.

What do you like to do on the farm during the winter? I like to sled in the pasture.

April Hemmesch
5 years old
Kindergarten
When do you do chores and what chores do you do? After school, I feed cats and dogs.

What are your favorite and least favorite chores? I like feeding cats and dogs. I don’t like chores.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? A Brown Swiss cow named Honey.

What is the best thing about growing up on a dairy farm? I like seeing the cute calves.

What is your favorite subject in school? It’s reading.

Tell us something you have recently learned in school. I’m learning sight words.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A horse boarder.

What is your favorite dairy treat? Cotton candy ice cream.

What do you like to do on the farm during the winter? I like snowshoeing and sledding.

Aiden
Hemmesch
3 years old

When do you do chores and what chores do you do? I help feed calves in the morning.

What are your favorite and least favorite chores? I like to feed cows and calves but not help calves being born.

Do you have a favorite animal on your farm? Baby calves because they are cute. I like to move them to the heifer barn.

What is the best thing about growing up on a dairy farm? I get to go cat fishing (pull a string around the barn and have cats chase the string).

What is your favorite subject in school? I like it when Mom reads books to me.

Tell us something you have recently learned in school. I went snow shoeing for the first time this winter.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A fireman.

What is your favorite dairy treat? Ice cream and blueberry yogurt.

What do you like to do on the farm during the winter? Sled, make snow angels and eat icicles.