On Wednesday 23rd November, Primary 4 travelled to Crochmore farm near Crocketford to learn about how our food is produced for our ‘Food and Farming’ topic.  We were accompanied by Fiona from RHET who helped organise the visit and the Clydesdale Bank who sponsored the visit.  We met Angus who showed us around the farm and told us about the animals he had and how he cared for them.

 

Next, we watched the cows being fed by a huge tractor and learned how much food and water they needed each day.  After that, we watched the cows being milked.

Once this was done, we walked over to a different shed where the baby calves were kept.  We were very, very lucky because we were allowed to feed the calves with bottles of milk.  Some of them really enjoyed sucking our fingers too.

We all had a wonderful day and the whole class behaved incredibly responsibly.  They should be very proud of themselves for representing their school so well.

 

For 20 house points, how many bags of feed did each of Angus’ cows eat each day?

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