Dairy Farm

This past weekend we took the kids to a local dairy farm.

What a great time we had! We only had to pay $5 for each of us (except Grace) to take the tour. We had to put on these great hats to go into the bottling room and see how they store, pasteurize and bottle the milk. We also got to see how they clean the glass bottles before they are filled up.

Then we went to see how the cows are milked. They are lined up 6 at a time. We found out that each cow produces 3-5 gallons of milk a day!

The final stop was in the barn where they keep the baby calves. You could pet, brush and let them suck on your fingers. My two vets in the future seem to be Carter and Grace. They loved being that close to the animals. Also in the barn we were allowed to try hand milking an adult cow. That was much easier than we all thought it would be.

We were also given samples of the different flavors of milk, cheese, butter and ice cream that they make there on the farm. We loved it so much that we bought some banana and strawberry flavored milk and some butter.

We can't wait for the finish of their new building as it will be better to conduct tours. We will definitely be going back as long as they keep their prices down. I loved that we got all that for only $5 and then could spend more on their product.