A Visit to Stone Barns

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A Visit to Stone Barns

• Second Grade
• Pocantico Hills School
• October 10, 2008

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• Our first visit to Stone Barns was on a
  beautiful, warm, and sunny October morning. As an
  introduction to sustainable farming, we began
  this trip in the classroom at Stone Barns with a
  discussion about farm life and the difference
  between domesticated animals and those found in
  the wild.

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• We then headed out for a tour where we used our
  senses to observe, hear and smell the crops and
  animals at this time of year.

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• We recorded our observations in a Farm Journal
  and took part in a typical farm chore
  collecting eggs from the Rhode Island Reds in
  their eggmobile.

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• Stone Barns used to be a milk farm. Mr.
  Rockefeller did not want his children to drink
  pasteurized milk. He believed pasteurizing milk
  took good things away from it. Today the farm is
  called Stone Barns Center for Food and
  Agriculture. By William

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• The farmers at Stone Barns grow corn. We learned
  about the three sister crops there. The three
  sisters are corn, squash, and beans. The beans
  grow up and around the corn. By Inez

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• At Stone Barns the farmers grow vegetables. In
  this field they are growing arugula. It tastes
  peppery and spicy. If you pick the leaves for a
  salad more leaves will grow back. By Regine

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• You can eat peapods when you pick them or you can
  cook them. There are peas inside the peapod.
  Peapods grow above ground on plants. by Taijon

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• Cucumbers are fruits because they have seeds.
  Cucumbers are small to start out then they grow
  bigger. Cucumbers dont grow underground, they
  grow on vines. By Tucker

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• This is Barbara showing us some tomato seeds. We
  learned that the squishy part inside is just to
  protect the seeds. We also learned that tomatoes
  and eggplants are fruit because they have seeds.
  Anything that has seeds is a fruit. By Ramya

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• Eggplants have seeds too. The bottom of the
  plants are purple. Because they have seeds,
  eggplants are a fruit. Some plants dont have
  seeds. by Jonaiya

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• There are beautiful red flowers growing at Stone
  Barns. The bees take pollen from the flowers and
  spread it to other flowers. This is called
  pollination. They have a bee colony at Stone
  Barns and the bees make honey in the hive. By
  Jason

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• In this picture some bees were either sipping
  nectar or moving pollen from one flower to
  another. Bees use pollen to feed baby bees. By
  Athaena

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• Stone Barns was a milk farm. Most farms are made
  out of wood but Stone Barns is made out of stone
  thats why its called Stone Barns. It is an
  educational center that teaches people about
  farms. By Palma

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• At Stone Barns we learned about chickens. These
  chickens lay one egg a day but no more than five
  in a week. These chickens are eating chicken
  feed. By Eva

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• We saw lots of hens. At the hen house we were
  collecting eggs. We put them in a metal basket.
  We had to be careful not to break them. By Jared

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• Look closely at this picture and you will see a
  Bourbon Red. It is showing off for the hens. The
  toms can put their feathers up the hens think
  thats cool. by Brandon

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• Do you like hens? I like hens. These hens are
  called Rhode Island Reds. These hens are the only
  ones that lay eggs. It is hard to work on a farm.
  by Frankie

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• Broiler chickens are the kind of chickens that
  people eat. One was upside down, so Shelby had to
  go in and turn him over. It was funny. By Abby

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• Chickens take dust baths to take off the bugs.
  Chickens lay 1 egg per day and 5 in a week. Do
  you know chickens peck because they are scared of
  people? By Julia

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• These are hens going in a hen coop. There is feed
  inside and eggs are inside. It is a big job to
  take care of hens but it is fun to do. I wish I
  could take care of the hens. by Elizabeth
  

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• This kind of chicken is the Rhode Island Red. It
  is called the Rhode Island Red because it came
  from the state of Rhode Island. The chickens have
  a bright red waddle under their beak. By Livia

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• Stone Barns has two kinds of turkeys. They are
  the Broad Breasted White and the Bourbon Red. The
  Bourbon Reds have some blue on their faces. By
  John

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• Hi, we are at Stone Barns and this is a turkey.
  If a boy turkey puts his tail feathers up he
  wants a girlfriend. The colors are white and
  brown and red on its waddle. By Srinkhala

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• This is the eggmobile where the chickens lay
  their eggs. They walk up a ramp to get into the
  eggmobile and then lay their eggs there. The
  farmers collect the eggs once a day. These
  chickens are called Rhode Island Reds. By Alex

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• This is a Rhode Island Red chicken. They lay
  their eggs in the eggmobile. The eggmobile is a
  house on wheels. The chickens pecked at my
  shoelaces. It was weird! by Marc

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• This is a sheep. The sheeps wool is used to make
  woolen sweaters and other things. At Stone Barns
  the sheep rotate from field to field to protect
  the land from overgrazing. By Kymorah

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• This sheep has blue stripes on its back. That
  means its ready to be eaten. Sheep make a baa
  baa sound. By Anna

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• Did you know that sheep have four stomachs? At
  Stone Barns there is a sheep dog named Stella.
  Stella guards the sheep so they are safe from
  other animals. By Shane

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• Pigs stay in the shade because they can get
  sunburned. They are Berkshire Pigs. Some of the
  early explorers brought pigs from Europe with
  them to America. By Lyndsey

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• The pigs need to stay in the shade. Because they
  cannot sweat, they cant cool off if they get too
  hot in the sun. They like to stay in their house
  and sleep. Sometimes they snort when they sleep.
  Their house is called a hut and it is made of
  metal. By Danny

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• The pigs did this to the ground. The farmers
  rotate where the pigs eat so the the grass will
  grow back. The pigs do not like the sun. They
  like the cool because they do not sweat. They
  stay in huts to keep cool. By Jarrod

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• We learned a lot, had a great time, and cant
  wait to go back for our next visit!