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Kids Corner: The Leis Family
Beth and Gabe (not pictured) Leis, have three children (from left) Gage, 8, Hadyn, 9, and Addison, 11, and they milk 40 cows near Sparta, Wis. PHOTO BY DANIELLE NAUMAN
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Addison Leis
Hadyn Leis
Gage Leis
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Addison Leis
11 years old
Sixth grade
When do you help with chores? I help with chores at night and sometimes in the morning, and on the weekends.
What are your favorite and least favorite chores? I like to push feed up to the cows. My least favorite chores are helping milk and cleaning calf pens.
What is your favorite animal on the farm? My dog Cheryl is my favorite animal.
What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a horse farmer.
If you had your own farm, what would it look like? I would have all horses and no cows.
What is your favorite thing to do when you aren’t at school or doing chores? I like to knit and crochet and play with slime.
What is your favorite dairy treat? My favorite dairy product is ice cream. I like vanilla and cookie dough flavors.
What is the best thing about growing up on a dairy farm? You can get milk from the bulk tank and are more educated about animals.
Hadyn Leis
9 years old
Fourth grade
When do you help with chores? I help feed calves and milk after school and on the weekends.
What are your favorite and least favorite chores? I like helping my mom milk. My least favorite chore is feeding calves grain, hay and water.
What is your favorite animal on the farm? I like the baby calves and the ducks.
What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a teacher when I grow up.
If you had your own farm, what would it look like? My farm would have a big red barn, and I would have ducks, chickens, baby chicks, cows, sheep and horses.
What is your favorite thing to do when you aren’t at school or doing chores? I like to color pictures.
What is your favorite dairy treat? I like Greek yogurt.
What is the best thing about growing up on a dairy farm? The best thing about growing up on a dairy farm is being able to snuggle with the baby animals.
Gage Leis
8 years old
Second grade
When do you help with chores? I help with chores after school and on the weekends, both in the morning and at night.
What are your favorite and least favorite chores? My favorite chore to do is feeding calves and dry cows. My least favorite chore is milking the cows.
What is your favorite animal on the farm? I like the sheep the best.
What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a farmer when I grow up.
If you had your own farm, what would it look like? I would have 40 beef cows.
What is your favorite thing to do when you aren’t at school or doing chores? I like to play with my farm toys.
What is your favorite dairy treat? I like cheese.
What is the best thing about growing up on a dairy farm? I like learning about lots of things on the farm, like about milk and how many cows can fit in the barn.
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