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Agriculture Is Ageless

• Bring back memories of the simplicity of rural
  life
• Spend time with senior citizens or youth
• Hands on activityI Spy Seed bottle
• Great activity for Memory Care Unit
• Books, magazines, food fabric
• High School Students working with Youth

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Women and Men had very busy days on the farm
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LIVESTOCK MARKETS
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RANCHERS WERE DEPENDENT ON THEIR HORSES
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SMALL GRAINS
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G R A I N
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FROM OXEN TO TRACTORS
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Farm machinery has changed over the decades
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LIVESTOCK ON EVERY FARM
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CHICKENS PROVIDED MEAT AND EGGS
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THRESHING IN THE EARLY 1900S
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HARVEST TIME IS BUSY TIME
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THE ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE
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SCHOOL FRIENDS WERE OFTEN COUSINS TOO
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BRINGING THE COWS HOME TO BE MILKED
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ALMOST EVERYONE HAD COWS
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DUMPING MILK BECAUSE OF LOW PRICES
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THE DUST BOWL YEARS
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SUMMERS OF BALING HAY AND GOING TO THE FAIR
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EVERYONE WANTED TO BE A COWBOY!
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PRICES FROM THE PAST
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HOMEMAKERS CLUBS
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TELEPHONES AND PARTY LINES
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CHURCH IS IMPORTANT PART OF THE RURAL LANDSCAPE
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DISCUSSION

• What activities can you do locally to enhance
  agriculture memories
• What time of year would be best
• Who could you invite to speak
• Hands on activities are important, no matter the
  age of your audience
• Enjoy yourself, as you are sure to learn from the
  elderly

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Agriculture Seed Bottle

• 1 clean 20 ou. Soda bottle
• Variety of grains or garden seeds
• Items to hide in bottle
• Rubber cement to seal bottle shut

• Use paper to make a funnel. With a 3 ou. Paper
  cup you can add six different kinds of seeds and
  your hidden items. Put a label on the side
  telling what they should search for in the bottle

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I Spy Seed Bottle

• Commodities from your area or garden seeds
• A pennyfarmers make .20 on every dollar we
  spend at the grocery store or eating out
• Boltfarmers are also mechanics
• Paper Clipfarmers are business men and women
• Confetti animalsranchers and farmers take good
  care of animals and produce animals for us to eat
• Put on a label that explains things like corn,
  soybeans, canola, sunflowers used to make
  vegetable oil or beans used in soup chili

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Elderly or Youth Audience

• Assisted Living Centers or Nursing Homes
• Senior Citizen Programs
• Adopt a Grandparent Program

• FFA and PALS
• Elementary Classes
• After School Program
• Day Cares
• Girls Boys Clubs
• Scout Programs

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Nursing Home
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Home School Volunteers
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Making I SPY Seed Bottle
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Youth Volunteers Make Their Own too
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Large Size for Residents
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Residents Enjoy Books
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Ag. Students Teach Elementary Students

• Young children enjoy high school students
• High school students learn at same time
• 10 questions video more appropriate than the
  slides shown to elderly
• Make Seed bottle

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Students enjoyed Fabrics
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Use Your Local Commodities or Garden Seeds
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Other Activities

• Thank a Farmer
• writing activity
• Plant Seeds
• Web sites for visiting a farm for a day
• Adopt a Farmer

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Where will you find this?

• www.ndfb.org/promotion
• click on teacher resources to find
• Ag is Ageless powerpoint
• Gail Scherweit, Director of Special Programs
• North Dakota Farm Bureau gails_at_ndfb.org
• 701-298-2219