Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
Dozens of demonstrations and hands-on activities were at Cornell Cooperative Extension Learning Farm’s Open House in Canton Saturday. The event included sheep shearing, food preservation, …
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Dozens of demonstrations and hands-on activities were at Cornell Cooperative Extension Learning Farm’s Open House in Canton Saturday.
The event included sheep shearing, food preservation, farm-to-school taste testing, maple house tour and planting seeds.
Information was shared on the Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4-H clubs and BOCES Ag Academy.
Popular with children who attended were petting the farm animals, milking the “Easy-Squeezy” mechanical cow, and eating maple cotton candy.
North Country Now photos by Cheryl Shumway.
[img_assist|nid=258799|title=Ava Pierce, Winthrop, pets the pigs in the barn.|desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=1200|height=874]
[img_assist|nid=258800|title=Khenan and his big sister Vivian Davis, Vermont, enjoy the goats with their grandparents, Drs. Sandra McCloy and John Dewar, Potsdam. |desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=1025|height=900]
[img_assist|nid=258801|title=Elizabeth Morse, Norfolk, runs Daisy through the dog club agility course at the open house.|desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=1200|height=821]
[img_assist|nid=258802|title=Maple Products Association members Bruce Thompson, left, and Gavin MacKellar, both of Potsdam, gave maple house tours. Emily Hall, Parishville, and her son Luke Alexander enjoy their maple cotton candy. |desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=1200|height=737]
[img_assist|nid=258804|title=Bella Perretta, Canton, poses with two calves.|desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=1143|height=900]
[img_assist|nid=258805|title=Kaitlyn Putman, Dairy Ambassador from Madrid, demonstrates how to milk a cow using “Easy-Squeezy”, along with Chloe Renaud, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County Dairy Princess. |desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=1200|height=836]
[img_assist|nid=258806|title=From front, Kaya and Ena Diop, Canton, pet goats at the farm. |desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=1081|height=900]
[img_assist|nid=258807|title=Austin, James and Benjamin Hall, Potsdam, enjoy maple cotton candy from the maple house tour.|desc=|link=none|align=middle|width=1049|height=900]
