Third-graders rotated through 10 demonstration stations that included crops, livestock, forestry, conservation, bees and poultry Wednesday during the 12th annual Farm Day event at Flickerwood Arena in Jackson. About 900 students from schools in Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Delta, Gordonville, Millersville and Perryville attended the all-day event sponsored by SEMO Cattlemen.
TOP: Students took turns touching a dairy cow. ABOVE: Students reached into a pen to touch the pigs.
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