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Paige Birk rakes a field of orchard grass and red clover for hay baling on the farm.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk washes Emmy, a 9-month-old registered black angus heifer.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk starts her morning on the farm with some barnkeeping.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk attaches a halter to Emmy before taking the black angus heifer for a wash.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk she leads Lola, a 13-month-old registered black angus heifer, in the barn.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk grooms Lola's tail.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk chats with her father, Steve Birk, in the barn on their Century Farm.
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Paige Birk rakes a field of orchard grass and red clover for hay baling on the farm.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk rakes a field of orchard grass and red clover for hay baling on the farm.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk guides the tractor along the field of orchard grass and red clover.
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Paige Birk drives a tractor while raking orchard grass and red clover.
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Paige Birk rakes a field of orchard grass and red clover for hay baling on the farm.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk rakes a field of orchard grass and red clover for hay baling on the farm.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk hoses down Kimba, a 10-month-old registered black angus heifer.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk brushes Kimba.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk walks with Emmy as if the two were at a show.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk talks to Emmy. "Pay attention. You got it? Good girl!"
(Fred Lynch)
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Emmy wears an ear tag to identify her.
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Paige Birk uses a roto-brush to train Emmy's hair to look better when showing the heifer.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk keeps Emmy close-clipped.
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Paige Birk combs Emmy's hair.
(Fred Lynch)
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The barn at the Birk farm has served for many decades.
(Fred Lynch)
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Steve Birk brings out a bag of mineral supplement for Paige to take to a feeder.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk adds mineral supplement to a cattle feeder.
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Paige Birk goes out to check on the black angus cattle resting in the shade on the farm.
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Paige Birk checks on the well-being of the black angus cattle in the shade at the farm.
(Fred Lynch)
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Paige Birk helps her father, Steve Birk, attach the rake to the tractor.
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Steve Birk and his daughter, Paige Birk, get the rake ready for hay bailing the next day.
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Paige Birk and her father, Steve Birk, get the rake ready for hay bailing.
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Steve Birk fills a creep feeder for the cattle.
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Lady O, a 32-month-old black angus cow, and her 6-month-old calf, Sis, rest in the shade on the farm.
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Steve Birk drives a tractor and operates a hay baler with his daughter, Paige, at his side.
(Fred Lynch)
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Steve Birk drives a tractor and hay baler with his daughter, Paige, at his side.
(Fred Lynch)
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The hay baler is pulled behind the tractor operated by Steve Birk.