Bryson Hughes
10 years old
Fourth grade
When do you do chores? 3 p.m. every day.
What’s your favorite chore and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is walking the cow, Great, to her pen because she walks well. My least favorite chore is feeding bottles to calves because it’s so boring and takes so long.
What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? Hauling corn silage during corn season and hauling haylage when it’s hay season. There are a lot of things I like to help with.
What is a fun memory you have of living on the farm? Training a heifer calf named Haley how to lead. I showed her at the county fair, the district show and the state show. We won top showmanship at the county fair last year.
What’s your favorite animal on your farm? Haley.
What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a baseball player and then retire as a farmer.
If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. Exactly the same as ours, except I would have more beef cattle and robots to milk the cows. I would also like to have a robot that trains cattle how to lead.
What’s your favorite game to play on the farm? Baseball with my mom and dad.
What’s your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Mom’s lasagna.
What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Go to cattle shows.
Are you involved in any activities? What’s your favorite? Baseball, football and 4-H for showing cattle. Baseball and showing are tied for favorite. Baseball is fun because you’re all on a team and do it together. Showing is fun and challenging.
Wyatt Hughes
8 years old
Second grade
When do you do chores? 3 p.m. every day.
What’s your favorite chore and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is helping give calves milk in pails. It’s fun when you put it in and they start drinking fast. My least favorite chore is feeding calves with bottles because it takes so long.
What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? Chopping hay.
What is a fun memory you have of living on the farm? Showing cattle.
What’s your favorite animal on your farm? Fairy the cow. I like that she’s so nice.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A football player or a farmer or somebody who makes tractors, so I could give them to my dad and he wouldn’t have to buy them. I would also farm on my days off.
If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. It would look like our farm with a step-up parlor and the same number of cows. I would also have chickens so I don’t have to buy eggs.
What’s your favorite game to play on the farm? Basketball.
What’s your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Daddy’s homemade mac and cheese.
What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Go to hotels and go to the water park and ride on slides.
Are you involved in any activities? What’s your favorite? Baseball, football and 4-H for showing. Showing cattle is my favorite because I can do it with my family.
Chloe Hughes
7 years old
First grade
When do you do chores? At 3 p.m. every day.
What’s your favorite chore and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is feeding corn and oats to calves and sometimes to Fairy, my favorite cow. My least favorite chore is collecting water pails from calves because it splashes on me every time.
What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? Helping to milk Fairy.
What is a fun memory you have of living on the farm? Going to shows with my family.
What’s your favorite animal on your farm? Fairy. She’s a 5-year-old Holstein cow. She’s nice.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A horse farmer.
If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. I would have horses, cows, three barns and silos.
What’s your favorite game to play on the farm? Basketball.
What’s your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Pizza.
What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Go to the fair in the summer.
Are you involved in any activities? What’s your favorite? Dance and softball. Dance is my favorite because I get to go onstage.
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