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News from Garfield Farm |
On Thursday, July 13th from 8:45 am to 11:45
am, a morning of children's chores will give 8 to 11 year olds a chance
to experience the summer joys of farm life from 160 years ago at
Garfield Farm Museum.
Raking hay cut with a scythe to feed
Duke and Doc, the museum's Devon oxen, is a big hit with youngsters. A
chance to gather and bundle wheat and build a shock will be offered.
Feeding the pigs, chickens, turkeys and geese and putting the sheep out
to pasture rate almost as highly as making griddle pancakes with maple
syrup to feed these young farmhands after chores are done.
This is the second of 3 mornings offered
in 2006. A third session will be held on August 3rd. Reservations are
required for the morning. There is a $30 fee which includes tours of
the 1840s farmyard, a snack and refreshments. Patty Kennedy, museum
educator, has put together the program. She has had experience at Naper
Settlement of Naperville and Volkening Farm in Schaumburg. Thomas
Hillier, assistant site manager and volunteer Jeff Glaser of Batavia,
will assist with the program.
Garfield Farm Museum is located 5 miles
west of Geneva, IL, off of Illinois Rt. 38 on Garfield Road. Garfield
Farm is a former historically intact 1840s prairie farmstead and
teamster inn that is being restored as a working 1840s farm. Snack and
refreshment included. For other class information or to R.S.V.P. please
contact (630) 584-8485 or email at info@garfieldfarm.org.
Space is limited.